The World's highest railway bridge of 359 metre will come up over the Chenab river on the under construction rail link to the Kashmir valley. Speaking to a visiting group of journalists in Srinagar, Northern railway chief administrative officer Chahatey Ram said the railways have designed the signalling system at the bridge in such a manner that it shows the stop light automatically when wind speed is over 90 kilo metre per hour. AIR correspondent reports the bridge will get a special coat of paint with a life span of around 35 years to protect it from rough weather. The one kilometre three hundred fifteen metre bridge will use 25,000 million tonnes of steel. The bridge after completion will be an engineering marvel, as it will be five times the height of Qutab Minar in Delhi and 35 metres taller than Eiffel tower in Paris. The bridge will rise 359 metres over the Chenab, 65 kilometres from Katra on the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project. As of now, the world's tallest rail bridge is on France's Tarn river and its tallest pillar rises 340 metres while the actual height at which trains run on the bridge is 300 metres. So after completion of the bridge, India can showcase to the world that Jammu and Kashmir is not only paradise on earth, but also has a landmark which touches its heavenly mountains.
News On AIR | May 30, 2011 1:05 PM
World's highest railway bridge to come up over Chenab river in J&K