Some of the Few Famous Bridges

A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles without closing the way underneath such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle. It is considered as the critical component of a nation’s infrastructure. It increases the cash flow when they join two places that complement each other economically.

  1. Bhupen Hazarika Setu      

Constructed over: Lohit River

Length (Meter): 9,150

Completed/Opened: 2017

Location: Tinsukia (Assam)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Godavari Fourth Bridge Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bypass Bridge

Constructed over: Godavari River

Length (Meter): 6,000

Completed/Opened: 2015

Location: Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Mahatma Gandhi Setu

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 5,750

Completed/Opened: 1982

Location: Patna–Hajipur (Bihar)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Bandra-Worli Sea Link

Constructed over: Mahim bay

Length (Meter): 5,600

Completed/Opened: 2009

Location: Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Bogibeel Bridge (under construction)

Constructed over: Brahmaputra River

Length (Meter): 4,940

Completed/Opened: 2018

Location: Dibrugarh (Assam)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Vikramshila Setu

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 4,700

Completed/Opened: 2001

Location: Bhagalpur (Bihar)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Vembanad Rail Bridge

Constructed over: Vembanad Lake

Length (Meter): 4,620

Completed/Opened: 2011

Location: Kochi (Kerala)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Digha–Sonpur Bridge

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 4,556

Completed/Opened: 2016

Location: Patna–Sonpur (Bihar)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-Road

  1. Arrah–Chhapra Bridge

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 4,350

Completed/Opened: 2017

Location: Arrah–Chhapra (Bihar)

Transportation types: Road

 

  1. Munger Ganga Bridge

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 3,692

Completed/Opened: 2016

Location: Munger (Bihar)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-Road

  1. Chahlari Ghat Bridge

Constructed over: Ghaghra River

Length (Meter): 3,260

Completed/Opened: 2017

Location: Bahraich–Sitapur (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Jawahar Setu

Constructed over: Son River

Length (Meter): 3,061

Completed/Opened: 1965

Location: Dehri (Bihar)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Nehru Setu

Constructed over: Son River

Length (Meter): 3,059   

Completed/Opened: 1900

Location: Dehri (Bihar)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Kolia Bhomora Setu

Constructed over: Brahmaputra River

Length (Meter): 3,015

Completed/Opened: 1987

Location: Tezpur–Kaliabor (Assam)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Korthi-Kolhar Bridge

Constructed over: Krishna River

Length (Meter): 3,000

Completed/Opened:  2006

Location: Bijapur (Karnataka)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu

Constructed over: Kathajodi River

Length (Meter): 2,880

Completed/Opened: 2017

Location: Cuttack (Odisha)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Godavari Bridge

Constructed over: Godavari River

Length (Meter): 2,790

Completed/Opened: 1974

Location: Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Old Godavari Bridge (Now decommissioned)

Constructed over: Godavari River

Length (Meter): 2,754

Completed/Opened: 1900

Location: Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Godavari Arch Bridge

Constructed over: Godavari River

Length (Meter): 2,745

Completed/Opened: 1997/2003

Location: Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Penumudi–Puligadda Bridge

Constructed over: Krishna River

Length (Meter): 2,590

Completed/Opened: 2006

Location: Avanigadda (Andhra Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

 

  1. Pamban Bridge

Constructed over: Palk Strait

Length (Meter): 2,300

Completed/Opened: 1988

Location: Pamban Island (Tamil Nadu)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Badaun-Ganjdundwara Bridge

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 2,334

Completed/Opened: 2012

Location: Badaun District (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Naranarayan Setu

Constructed over: Brahmaputra River

Length (Meter): 2,284

Completed/Opened: 1998

Location: Jogighopa (Assam)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Farakka Barrage    

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 2,240

Completed/Opened: 1975

Location: Farakka (West Bengal)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Kanakadurga Varadhi

Constructed over: Krishna River

Length (Meter): 2,200   

Completed/Opened: 1995

Location: Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge

Constructed over: Mahanadi River

Length (Meter): 2,100

Completed/Opened: 2008

Location: Cuttack (Odisha)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Pamban Bridge

Constructed over: Palk Strait

Length (Meter): 2,065

Completed/Opened: 1913

Location: Pamban Island (Tamil Nadu)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Baluaha-Gandaul Mega Bridge

Constructed over: Kosi River

Length (Meter): 2,060

Completed/Opened: 2013

Location: Saharsa (Bihar)

Transportation types: Road 

 

  1. Sharavathi Bridge

Constructed over: Sharavathi River

Length (Meter): 2,060

Completed/Opened: 1994

Location: Honnavar (Karnataka)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Rajendra Setu

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 2,000

Completed/Opened: 1959

Location: Barauni–Hathidah (Bihar)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Mahanadi Bridge, Boudh

Constructed over: Mahanadi River

Length (Meter): 1,950.7

Completed/Opened: 1889

Location: Sonepur (also known as Subarnapur), Odisha

Transportation types: Road

  1. Gautam Buddha Bridge

Constructed over: Gandak River

Length (Meter): 1,848

Completed/Opened: 2009/2013

Location: West Champaran (Bihar)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Vashi Bridge

Constructed over: Thane Creek

Length (Meter): 1,837

Completed/Opened: 1997

Location: Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Transportation types: Road

  1. New Yamuna Bridge

Constructed over: Yamuna River

Length (Meter): 1,510

Completed/Opened: 2004

Location: Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Vangal-Mohanur Bridge

Constructed over: Cauvery River

Length (Meter): 1,505

Completed/Opened: 2016

Location: Vangal–Mohanur (Tamil Nadu)

Transportation types: Road    

  1. Thanthai Periyar Bridge

Constructed over: Cauvery River

Length (Meter): 1,500

Completed/Opened: 1971

Location: Musiri–Kulithalai (Tamil Nadu)

Transportation types: Road

  1. New Saraighat Road Bridge

Constructed over: Brahmaputra River

Length (Meter): 1,490

Completed/Opened: 2017

Location: Guwahati (Assam)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Koilwar Bridge

Constructed over: Son River

Length (Meter): 1,440

Completed/Opened: 1862

Location: Koilwar (Bihar)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Golden Bridge

Constructed over: Narmada River

Length (Meter): 1,412

Completed/Opened: 1881

Location: Ankleshwar–Bharuch (Gujarat)

Transportation types:  Road   

  1. Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch

Constructed over: Narmada River

Length (Meter): 1,406

Completed/Opened: 1935

Location: Ankleshwar–Bharuch (Gujarat)

Transportation types: Rail

 

  1. Mahanadi Bridge

Constructed over: Mahanadi River

Length (Meter): 1,400

Completed/Opened: 1961

Location: Bhootmundei, Paradip (Odisha)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Neelathanallur-Madhanathur Bridge

Constructed over: Kollidam River

Length (Meter): 1,400

Completed/Opened: 2011

Location: Kumbakonam–Jayankondam (Tamil Nadu)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Second Narmada Bridge

Constructed over: Narmada River

Length (Meter): 1,365

Completed/Opened: 2000

Location: Bharuch (Gujarat)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Saraighat Bridge

Constructed over: Brahmaputra River

Length (Meter): 1,300

Completed/Opened: 1962

Location: Guwahati (Assam)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Maharana Pratap Setu

Length (Meter): 1,270

Completed/Opened: 1987

Location: Banswara–Ratlam (Rajasthan)

Transportation types: Road

 

  1. Elgin Bridge (Barabanki)

Constructed over: Ghaghra River

Length (Meter): 1,126.2

Completed/Opened: 1896

Location: Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types: Rail

  1. Prakasam Barrage

Constructed over: Krishna River

Length (Meter): 1,224

Completed/Opened: 1885

Location: Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Ghagra Bridge

Constructed over: Ghaghra River

Length (Meter): 1,100

Location: Barabanki (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Malviya Bridge (Dufferin Bridge)

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 1,048.5

Completed/Opened: 1887

Location: Varanasi (Uttara Pradesh)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Sharavathi Bridge

Constructed over: Sharavathi River

Length (Meter): 1,048

Completed/Opened: 1984

Location: Honnavar (Karnataka)

Transportation types: Road

 

  1. Airoli Bridge

Constructed over: Thane Creek

Length (Meter): 1,030

Completed/Opened: 1999

Location: Mumbai (Maharashtra)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Old Naini Bridge

Constructed over: Yamuna River

Length (Meter): 1,006

Completed/Opened: 1865

Location: Allahabad (Uttara Pradesh)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Teesta Bridge

Constructed over: Teesta River

Length (Meter): 1000

Completed/Opened: 1968

Location: Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

Transportation types: Rail-and-road

  1. Chamravattom Regulator-cum-Bridge

Constructed over: Bharathappuzha (also known as the River Nila)

Length (Meter): 978

Completed/Opened: 2012

Location: Chamravattom (Kerala)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Vivekananda Setu

Constructed over: Hooghly River

Length (Meter): 900

Completed/Opened: 1932

Location: Dakshineswar–Bally (West Bengal)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Coleroon Bridge

Constructed over: The Kollidam

Length (Meter): 900

Completed/Opened: 2012

Location: Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Nivedita Setu

Constructed over: Hooghly River

Length (Meter): 880

Completed/Opened: 2007

Location: Dakshineswar–Bally (West Bengal)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Chambal Bridge

Constructed over: Chambal River

Length (Meter): 850

Completed/Opened: 2016

Location: Dholpur (Rajasthan)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Subansiri River Bridge

Constructed over: Subansiri River

Length (Meter): 835

Completed/Opened: 1966

Location: Gogamukh-North Lakhimpur (Assam)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Vidyasagar Setu

Constructed over: Hooghly River

Length (Meter): 822

Completed/Opened: 1992

Location: Kolkata (West Bengal)

Transportation types: Road

 

  1. Netravati Bridge

Constructed over: Netravati River

Length (Meter): 804

Completed/Opened: 1965

Location: Mangalore (Karnataka)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Paramathi Velur Bridge (NH 7)

Constructed over: Cauvery River

Length (Meter): 803

Location: Pugalur–Velur (Tamil Nadu)

Transportation types: Road

  1. Yamuna Bridge

Constructed over: Yamuna River

Length (Meter): 767

Location: Paonta Sahib (Himachal Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road    

  1. Jajmau Bridge

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 720

Completed/Opened: 2011

Location: Jajmau (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types: Road

 

  1. Dayang Railway Bridge

Constructed over: Dayang River

Length (Meter): 713

Completed/Opened: 1970

Location: Haflong (Assam)

Transportation types: Rail      

  1. Howrah Bridge (Ravindra Setu)

Constructed over: Hooghly River

Length (Meter): 705

Completed/Opened: 1943

Location: Kolkata (West Bengal)

Transportation types: Road 

  1. Garmukteswar Bridge

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 671

Completed/Opened: 1901

Location: Garhmukteshwar (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types: Rail-cum-road

  1. Lav Kush Barrage

Constructed over: Ganga River

Length (Meter): 621

Completed/Opened: 2000

Location: Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

Transportation types:  Road



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