THE ARCH OF ICONIC CHENAB BRIDGE HAS COMPLETED BY INDIAN RAILWAYS
The Chenab Bridge is India’s one of the mega projects and also the world’s highest railway bridge. This bridge is the main part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project. Today Indian Railways has joined another feather to their achievements as they have completed the steel arch of the iconic Chenab Bridge. This was the most difficult part of the rail link bridge over the Chenab river. This is considered one of the biggest challenges faced by any railway project in history. The last piece of metal which is 5.6 meter, is fitted at the highest point today and in this way, both the arms of the arch are joined now. This historic moment was witnessed via video conferencing by the Piyush Goyal Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry and Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Suneet Sharma Chairman & CEO, Railway Board, Shri Ashutosh Gangal, General Manager Northern Railway
Some important features of the Arch and the Chenab Bridge:
- This Bridge is 1315 meter Long.
- This is the highest Railways Bridge in the world which is 359 m above the river bed.
- Indian Railways is constructing this historic Arch Bridge over Chenab River which is part of the USBRL project. This project will connect the Kashmir Valley to the rest of the Nation.
- In the construction of this historic bridge- fabrication of 28,660 Metric ton Steel, 10 Lakh cum Earthwork, 66,000 Cum Concrete and 26 KM motorable roads involved.
- The Arch have steel boxes in which concrete will be filled to improve stability.
- The Arch is situated at 10,619 Meter height.
- The “TEKLA” software is used for the structural detailing in this project.
- The structural steel used can sustain temperature for -10 degree Celsius to 40 degree Celsius
- The Chenab Bridge is designed in such a way that it can withstand up to 266 KM/Hour high wind speed.
- The Bridge can bear earthquake of the highest intensity zone-V in India.
