{"id":571820,"date":"2023-04-25T11:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T05:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=571820"},"modified":"2023-04-25T12:26:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T06:56:25","slug":"masterpiece-of-british-india-engineers-127-year-old-bridge-still-operational-in-kupwara-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/masterpiece-of-british-india-engineers-127-year-old-bridge-still-operational-in-kupwara-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Masterpiece of British India engineers, 127-year-old bridge still operational in Kupwara village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kupwara: A 127-year-old iron bridge made by British India engineers is still operational in Shoolara village of Vilgam, Kupwara. The bridge was constructed by \u2018The Horsley Cold, Engineers &amp; Staffordshire England\u2019 in 1896.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge is an extraordinary example of engineering and craftwork by the engineers from England who constructed the bridge over a century ago. According to locals, the bridge has been a lifeline for the people and connects dozens of villages of Vilgam, Panzgam, Chowkibal, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bridge has never developed any snag all through these years. It is a great example of art and strength. Bridges built nowadays last for two to three decades only but this bridge should be a torchbearer for the authorities and contractors,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kupwara: A 127-year-old iron bridge made by British India engineers is still operational in Shoolara village of Vilgam, Kupwara. The bridge was constructed by \u2018The Horsley Cold, Engineers &amp; Staffordshire England\u2019 in 1896. The bridge is an extraordinary example of engineering and craftwork by the engineers from England who constructed the bridge over a century ago. According to locals, the bridge has been a lifeline for the people and connects dozens of villages of Vilgam, Panzgam, Chowkibal, and others. \u201cThe bridge has never developed any snag all through these years. It is a great example of art and strength. Bridges [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,130,181],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-571820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greater-kashmir","category-newspapers","category-roads-greater-kashmir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}