Pamban Bridge

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Pamban Bridge is a historic sea bridge in Tamil Nadu, India, that connects the island of Rameswaram to the mainland and is renowned for its iconic cantilevered railway section over the Palk Strait.

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Pamban Bridge canonical 6
Pamban Rail Bridge 1
Pamban rail bridge 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantilever bridge
railway bridge
sea bridge
allows rail traffic
alsoKnownAs Pamban Bridge
surface form: Pamban Rail Bridge
bodyOfWater Bay of Bengal
connects Indian mainland
Mandapam
Pamban Island
surface form: Rameswaram Island
constructionStartDate 1911
country India
crosses Palk Strait
damagedIn 1964 Rameswaram cyclone
designedBy Schneider and Co.
designedToAllow ship movement beneath
engineeringSignificance early 20th-century marine engineering landmark
facedEvent 1964 Rameswaram cyclone
gauge broad gauge
hasCantileverSection yes
hasScherzerRollingLiftSpan yes
heritageStatus historic bridge
knownFor iconic cantilevered railway section
opening span for ship passage
length about 2,065 metres
about 2.065 kilometres
locatedIn Palk Strait
Tamil Nadu
locatedNear Pamban Island
surface form: Pamban town

Rameswaram
surface form: Rameswaram town
maintainedBy Indian Railways
material concrete
steel
namedAfter Pamban Island
nearbyTempleTown Ramanathaswamy Temple
surface form: Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
numberOfSpans 143
opened 1914
originalGauge meter gauge
partOf Rameswaram–Mandapam rail line
railwayZone Southern Railway zone
region Ramanathapuram district
repairedAfter 1964 Rameswaram cyclone
replacedStructure meter-gauge bridge
significance first sea bridge in India
one of India’s longest sea bridges
structureType double-leaf bascule span (central section)
supports Rameswaram pilgrimage traffic
tourismAttraction yes
upgradedToBroadGauge 2007

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rameswaram hasStructure Pamban Bridge
Rameswaram connectedBy Pamban Bridge
this entity surface form: Pamban rail bridge
Rameswaram connectedBy Pamban Bridge
this entity surface form: Pamban road bridge
Ramanathaswamy Temple near Pamban Bridge
Pamban Island knownFor Pamban Bridge
Pamban Island connectedBy Pamban Bridge
Pamban Island connectedBy Pamban Bridge
this entity surface form: Pamban railway bridge
Pamban Island hasBridge Pamban Bridge
Pamban Bridge alsoKnownAs Pamban Bridge
this entity surface form: Pamban Rail Bridge