Munger Ganga Bridge

Munger Ganga Bridge
Coordinates 25°23′54″N 86°27′28″E / 25.39843°N 86.45769°E / 25.39843; 86.45769
Carries Rail-Road
Crosses Ganges
Locale Munger-Begusarai
Characteristics
Design K-truss
Total length 3,692 metres (12,113 ft)
Width 12 metres
Number of spans 31
History
Construction begin 2002
Opened 12 March 2016

Munger Ganga Bridge (Hindi: मुंगेर गंगा सेतु), is a rail-cum-road bridge under construction across the Ganges, at Munger in the Indian state of Bihar.The bridge will connect Munger-Jamalpur twin cities to various districts of North Bihar.

The 3.692 km long bridge costing Rs. 9,300 million is located 55 km downstream of the Rajendra Setu near Mokama and 68 km upstream of the Vikramshila Setu at Bhagalpur. The bridge will form a link between NH 80 on the southern side of the Ganges and NH 31 on the northern side of the Ganges. It connects Jamalpur Junction on the Sahibganj Loop line of Eastern Railway through a new junction namely Sabdalpur Junction on north end of bridge to Sahebpur Kamal and Umeshnagar near Khagaria Junction on the Barauni-Katihar section of East Central Railway.[1] The Bridge connects districts of Begusarai and Khagaria to the Divisional headquarters Munger city.

Construction work on the bridge was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, through video conference system, in 2002.[2] Railways has set the deadline for completion of these two mega bridges during 2015-2016 fiscal. The fund of Rs 180 crore has been allocated in the Rail Budget 2015-16.[3][4] Successful trial run of rail engine was done on this bridge on 27 December 2015 [5] Bridge was formally opened for freight trains on 12 March 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[6] It was finally opened for passenger trains on 11 April 2016 by Minister of state for railways Mr. Manoj Sinha by flagging off DEMU service Begusarai Jamalpur DEMU train.[7] Road on bridge is complete too but approach roads are not ready due to lack of land acquisition.

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References

  1. ↑ "Trains in India". PPPNOW.com. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  2. ↑ "PM opens work on Munger rail-cum-road bridge project". Times of India, 22 december 2002. 2002-12-27. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  3. ↑ |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150227/jsp/bihar/story_5824.jsp#.VPQdqFOUenA|title=Munger Ganga Bridge Gets Rs 180 cr in Rail Budget 2015-2016|work=Telegraph India
  4. ↑ |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/ECR-gets-Rs744cr-more-than-last-year-says-GM/articleshow/46387240.cms|title=ECR gets Rs 744 cr more than last year railway budget|work=Times of India
  5. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Railways-makes-trial-run-on-Munger-bridge/articleshow/50346048.cms
  6. ↑ http://theindianawaaz.com/top-awaaz/pm-modi-in-bihar-inaugurates-three-railway-projects/
  7. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Minister-flags-off-passenger-train-between-Begusarai-and-Jamalpur/articleshow/51784275.cms
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