Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge
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| Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Carries | Kharagpur-Puri line, Howrah-Chennai main line |
| Crosses | Mahanadi River |
| Locale | Cuttack |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) |
| History | |
| Opened | 2008 |
Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge is a rail bridge over the Mahanadi near Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha.
The first Mahanadi Rail Bridge was opened on 1 January 1899. It had 64 spans of 100 feet each, on wells 19 ft 6 in. in diameter sunk to 60 ft below low water level.[1] The Engineer in Charge of construction of the first Mahanadi Rail Bridge was William Beckett, who won a gold medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1901, for a paper he presented on the bridge construction.[2]
The 2.1 km long Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge built at a cost of Rs. 120 crore was commissioned in 2008. The bridge has been designed for a train speed of 160 km per hour. Adequate steps have been taken to withstand quake.[3]
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| External video | |
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 Video of a train passing over the Mahanadi Bridge |
