{"id":3499,"date":"2018-03-29T18:27:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T12:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/?p=3499"},"modified":"2018-03-29T18:27:12","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T12:57:12","slug":"longest-rail-bridges-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/longest-rail-bridges-india\/","title":{"rendered":"About Longest Rail Bridges in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Indian rail bridges are now making up their way entrance to international market as well. Undoubtedly, the country has been blessed to have some of the best known designs in bridges, expressway, flyovers, dams, tunnels, cloverleafs, elevated freeways and more. Such kind of bridges and structures play a pivotal role in making world\u2019s biggest rail network. As per the sources, the longest rail cum road bridge is been located on the river Gange in Patna, Bihar and still is under construction. Read on and grab more details about famous and longest bridges of the country.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Vembanad Bridge \u2013 Located in Kerala state, the total length of the bridge is 4.62 km. Supposed to be connecting Vallarpadam and Edappally in Kochi, the bridge is been dedicated to only carrying goods train and traffic and it runs about 15 trains each day. Constructed over the backwaters of famous Vembanad lake, it used to cross by nearby 3 small islands. In India, Vembanad lake is been considered as the longest lakes and is also used for traditional sports of Nehru Trophy Snake boat race.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3505\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Vembanad-Bridge.png\" alt=\"Vembanad Bridge\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Vembanad-Bridge.png 700w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Vembanad-Bridge-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Vembanad-Bridge-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Upper Son bridge \u2013 Also been famously been called as Nehru Setu rail bridge, it is the second largest rail bridges in the country having a total length of 3.065 km. This rail bridge is been constructed over Son River in the state of Bihar, India and this popular river road bridge is been running parallel to the long Nehru Setu rail bridge.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3504\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Upper-Son-bridge.png\" alt=\"Upper Son bridge\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Upper-Son-bridge.png 700w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Upper-Son-bridge-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Upper-Son-bridge-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Havelock bridge \u2013 Being 2.7 km long, it is also famously been called around as old Godavari bridge constructed over the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh. At present, it is used to host civic water supply pipelines. There is another one that is been famous as Kovvur Rajahmundry bridge that is Asia\u2019s second largest rail cum road bridge crossing a water body.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3500\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Havelock-bridge.png\" alt=\"Havelock bridge\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Havelock-bridge.png 700w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Havelock-bridge-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Havelock-bridge-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Mahanadi rail bridge \u2013 It is 2.1 km long, and is been constructed over great and famous Mahanadi river situated nearby Cuttack in the Orissa state. Adding to this, the great river is also been known and famous to be holding one of the largest dams in the country that is Hirakud Dam situated by Sambalpur district.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3501\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Mahanadi-rail-bridge.png\" alt=\"Mahanadi rail bridge\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Mahanadi-rail-bridge.png 700w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Mahanadi-rail-bridge-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Mahanadi-rail-bridge-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Pamban bridge \u2013 Reckoned as the second longest sea bridge of the country, it has a total length of about 2.065 km. Being India\u2019s first sea bridge and third largest rail bridges of the country, it is been built across the Palk strait water body. Also been famous as the Rameshwaram bridge, it connects Rameshwaram island to other parts of the country.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3502\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Pamban-bridge.png\" alt=\"Pamban bridge\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Pamban-bridge.png 700w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Pamban-bridge-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Pamban-bridge-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Sharavathi river bridge \u2013 Sharavathi river is been famous as the major river of Karnataka state and is 2.06 km long and situated nearby Honnavar. The river basin actually lies in the much known Western Ghats and that is also been recognized as a home to fauna and flora rare species forming the very much recognized Jog waterfalls.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3503\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Sharavathi-river-bridge.png\" alt=\"Sharavathi river bridge\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Sharavathi-river-bridge.png 700w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Sharavathi-river-bridge-500x286.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.travelkhana.com\/tkblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/03\/Sharavathi-river-bridge-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hope, the information about the rail bridges is clear and informative. If you haven\u2019t been to any of them, try travelling over them and simply capture a lifetime moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian rail bridges are now making up their way entrance to international market as well. 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