L&T to construct India’s longest river bridge; Will connect Assam and Meghalaya across Brahmaputra river

Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge: In the coming years, Northeast India to boast the country’s longest river bridge. Recently, a large contract has been secured by L&T Construction, the construction arm of Larsen & Toubro, to build the country’s longest road bridge across the river Brahmaputra, connecting Dhubri in the state of Assam to Phulbari in the state of Meghalaya. The bridge will be 19 km long and will be built along National Highway 127-B. According to L&T, the project will feature a Navigation Bridge, which will be 12.625 km long, approach viaduct of 3.5 km length on the Dhubri side and approach viaduct of 2.2 km length on the Phulbari side, connected with approach roads as well as interchanges on both sides.