| World's Highest rail bridge to come up across Chenab river by nikhilndls on 19 February, 2013 - 03:00 PM | ||
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 nikhilndls | World's Highest rail bridge to come up across Chenab river on 19 February, 2013 - 03:00 PM | |
Arguably one of the toughest engineering challenges in hand, Railways plans to complete the Chenab bridge in Jammu and Kashmir by 2016, making it the world's highest rail bridge.The arch-shaped bridge across Chenab river-bed in Reasi district, which will be five times the height of Qutab Minar at 359 m above river bed, will connect Baramulla and Srinagar to Jammu via Udhampur-Katra-Qazigund covering the entire route in about seven hours. | ||