Finally, the world’s highest railway bridge on the river Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be ready by the end of this month. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw is visiting the bridge for an inspection this weekend.
Vaishnaw will also inspect the ongoing works of the tunnel, which has for long been throwing up unique geological challenges to the engineering team, thanks to the rock composition of the young Himalaya. The Chenab Bridge, however, is complete.
The Chenab Bridge, hanging with its steel and concrete structure — the showpiece, half-a-kilometre-long steel arch that defines it– between Bakkal and Kauri, is 1,178 feet above the riverbed underneath, making it the world’s highest railway bridge.
