World’s Highest Railway Bridge: Inauguration over Chenab in J&K’s Reasi

World’s Highest Railway Bridge: The “golden joint” of the Chenab railway bridge, which joins the two ends of the deck of the tallest railway bridge in the world, was unveiled on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district.

Direct access to the Kashmir valley will be made possible by the bridge. People from all over the nation sang the national song and shouted “Bharat Mata ki Jai” as the broad deck was unveiled amid the popping of firecrackers.

Senior government official declared, “This is a historic moment,” noting that it had taken a long time to complete the “golden joint.” The civil engineers who worked on joining the two ends of the bridge deck’s deck came up with the phrase “golden joint,” he claimed.

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With the completion of the “golden joint,” the 1.3-km bridge, which is being built at a cost of Rs 1,250 crore, is almost 98 percent finished, according to officials.

According to them, the bridge is 359 meters above the Chenab riverbed and 30 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The 111-kilometer route between Katra and Banihal, which is a part of the Kashmir Railway project’s Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla portion, benefits greatly from the bridge, according to the officials.

According to the officials, pylons were built on either side of the river to serve as support structures for the bridge, and two auxiliary self-propelled cable cranes were employed to drag temporary auxiliary ropes across these pylons.

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The bridge has been completed by more than 1,300 laborers and 300 engineers, according to the government.

Construction on the project began in 2004, but it was put on hold in 2008–09 because to concerns about the safety of rail passengers in light of the region’s frequent high-velocity winds, according to the sources. Once finished, the bridge will have a lifespan of 120 years and be able to withstand winds of up to 260 kph.

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