NFR building ₹400-cr globally tallest bridge in Manipur
The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) in Assam has recently started the construction work on the tallest railway girder bridge of the world, in Manipur at 141 metres surpassing the existing record of 139 metre Mala-Rijeka viaduct, at Montenegro in Europe, at an investment of ₹400 crore. The bridge is a part of a new broad gauge line being constructed to connect the northeastern state with the rest of the country at an investment of ₹13,800 crore. The railway zone is responsible for rail operations in the entire Northeast and parts of West Bengal and Bihar, Public Relations Officer, S K Ojah said, adding that the tallest girder bridge is being constructed across the valley of the river Ijai near Noney on the 111-km long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge line project in Manipur. The total length of the bridge will be almost 703 metre and there are a total of 45 tunnels in the bridge project where in the longest is Tunnel No. 12 with a length of 10.280 km. The piers of the bridge are constructed using hydraulic augers and the tall piers needed a specially designed slip-form technique to ensure efficient and continual construction. According to Indian Railways, the bridge is designed to carry almost 25 ton axle-load freight trains and helping railway reaching and connecting the eight sister states of North-East and this has always been acknowledged as a daunting and challenging task.
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16 December 2018
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