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[ Source - THE TIMES OF INDIA, Dated - 27 Feb. 2007 ]
This bridge is part of the ambitious $2.5 billion Udaipur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link. Building this bridge will take 25,000 tonnes of steel and it is designed to withstand everything from cyclones to earthquakes
Mumbai: Two and a half years from now. a made-in-India railway bridge will stand shoulder with some of the tallest structures in the world. Being built at a cost or Rs 512 crore over the Chenab river in Jammu & Kashmir, the 1,030 metre long structure will eventually ferry trains at a height of 359 metres over the river below. When done, this bridge over the river Chenab, will push the one on Tarn river In France to second spot. Just to put it In perspective, the Eiffel Tower in Paris is 324 metres tall.
Being built by AFCONS Infrastructure along with its South Korean partner. Ultra Construction and Engineering, work on the foundation has already begun. The company has set up four huge steel fabricating workshops at the site. This bridge is part of the ambitious $2.5 billion Ud-hampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link.
Building this bridge will take 25.000 tonnes of steel and it is designed to withstand everything from cyclones to earthquakes and terrorist attacks. "Normally for rail bridge projects, about 500 tonnes of steel is fabricated per month. But this one will need 1,500
tonnes," said Krishnamurthy Subrahmanian, Managing Director of AFCONS. Close to 250 engineers and 1,500 workers will be needed to complete the bridge.
"It will be a technological marvel," he added, pointing at an Imported cable crane. This crane will connect both the sides, will help construct the bridge from both the sides inch by Inch. For AFCONS, the project was bagged amid high drama.
