INDIA’S FIRST CABLE-STAYED RAILWAY BRIDGE

India’s first cable-stayed bridge and the first-of-its-kind in the country, is currently under construction and will soon be completed.
The Anji Khad bridge is being constructed in the Reasi district of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
This is a 80 km long bridge.
The idea was first conceived in 2002 and was declared a “national project”.
The Anji Khad bridge was initially proposed to be an arch bridge, a design similar to that of the Chenab Bridge.
In 2016, Indian Railways decided to build a cable-stayed bridge taking the geographical concerns in mind.
The bridge will connect the Katra and Reasi section of Jammu-Baramulla line.

Other features:

The asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge is balanced on the axis of a central pylon — a large vertical tower-like structure.
It can withstand 213 kmph of winds.
The bridge is a part of the national project of the Udhampur-Srinagar- Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) Project.
The Anji Khad bridge, once completed, will become taller than the Eiffel Tower.
The project was commissioned by the Northern Railways and is being executed by Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRCL) and Hindustan Construction Company.

SOURCE: THE HINDU, THE ECONOMIC TIMES, PIB

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