Arch of world's highest railway bridge on Chenab river in J-K completed..
The construction of the arch of the world's highest railway bridge that soars 359 meters (bridge, which is 35-metre higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris) above the bed of the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Monday, with the Northern Railways terming the achievement a milestone.
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The 1.3-kilometre-long bridge aims to boost connectivity to the Kashmir Valley and it is being constructed at a cost of Rs 1,486 crore as part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link project.
For construction of the bridge involves fabrication of 28,660 metric tons of steel, 10 lakh cubic meters earthwork and 66,000 cubic meters of concrete. overall weight of the arch is 10,619 metric tons.