Chenab Rail Bridge

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The Chenab Rail Bridge is a steel and concrete arch railway bridge in Jammu and Kashmir, India, renowned as one of the world’s highest railway bridges.

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instanceOf arch bridge ⓘ
concrete bridge ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
steel bridge ⓘ
completionDate around 2022 ⓘ
constructedBy Afcons Infrastructure ⓘ
Konkan Railway Corporation Limited ⓘ
constructedFor Indian Railways ⓘ
constructionResumed around 2010 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 2004 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
crosses Chenab River ⓘ
design steel arch ⓘ
designedForSeismicZone Zone IV ⓘ
designedForSpeed up to 100 km/h ⓘ
designedForWindSpeed up to 266 km/h ⓘ
gauge 1676 mm ⓘ
broad gauge ⓘ
hasFeature blast-resistant design ⓘ
composite steel–concrete construction ⓘ
continuous monitoring systems ⓘ
high-strength steel arches ⓘ
heightAboveRiver about 359 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
locatedNear Katra ⓘ
Reasi district ⓘ
Srinagar–Jammu National Highway corridor ⓘ
mainSpanLength about 467 metres ⓘ
maintainedBy Indian Railways ⓘ
material concrete ⓘ
steel ⓘ
notableFor difficult mountainous terrain ⓘ
extreme engineering challenges ⓘ
high wind and seismic design requirements ⓘ
numberOfSpans 17 ⓘ
openedForRailTraffic 2023 ⓘ
operator Northern Railway zone ⓘ
owner Indian Railways ⓘ
partOf Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link ⓘ
project Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link ⓘ
surface form: Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link project
projectCost over ₹1400 crore ⓘ
purpose to connect the Kashmir Valley with the rest of India by rail ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the world’s highest railway bridges ⓘ
the world’s highest railway bridge at the time of completion ⓘ
region Himalayan region ⓘ
riverValley Chenab Valley ⓘ
surface form: Chenab River gorge
seismicZone high seismic zone ⓘ
totalLength about 1315 metres ⓘ
usage railway traffic ⓘ

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Chenab River → hasBridge → Chenab Rail Bridge ⓘ