3rd Narmada Bridge
The New Narmada Bridge (or the 3rd Narmada Bridge) is an extra dosed bridge, constructed at Bharuch, India. It is a 1,344 m (4,409 ft) long bridge, built over river Narmada on NH-8. The four-lane bridge is a part of larger project involving six laning of a section of NH-8 between Vadodara and Surat. It runs parallel to Sardar Bridge. It is the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India, 144 m (472 ft) long.[1][2][3][4]
3rd Narmada Bridge | |
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Extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India | |
| Coordinates | 21°42′54″N 73°02′45″E / 21.7149°N 73.0458°E |
| Carries | four lanes of NH-8 traffic |
| Crosses | Narmada River |
| Locale | Bharuch |
| Official name | New Narmada Bridge |
| Named for | Narmada River |
| Maintained by | NHAI |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Extradosed bridge |
| Material | Steel, Cement, Cables, Alloy |
| Total length | 1,344 m (4,409 ft) |
| Width | 22.8 m (75 ft) |
| Longest span | 144 m (472 ft) |
| No. of spans | 10 |
| History | |
| Constructed by | NHAI & L & T |
| Construction start | 2014 |
| Construction end | 2017 |
| Construction cost | ₹379 crore (equivalent to ₹532 crore or US$67 million in 2023) |
| Opened | 7 March 2017 |
| Location | |
The bridge was constructed by Larsen & Toubro and Dywidag Systems International (DSI-Bridgecon). The estimated cost of bridge is ₹379 crore (equivalent to ₹532 crore or US$67 million in 2023). This bridge was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 March 2017.[3][5]
A few months later in June 2017, the Arrah–Chhapra Bridge opened and became the longest multi-span extradosed bridge in the world, with a main bridge length of 1,920 m (6,300 ft). Even so, the 3rd Narmada Bridge remains the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India.
See also edit
- Golden Bridge, completed in 1881
- Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch, completed in 1935
References edit
- ^ "Third Narmada Bridge". structurae.net. 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
New bridge will have the longest spans in India
- ^ Joshi, Harish (4 March 2014). "Work on extradosed bridge over Narmada begins". Times of India. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ a b Mishra, Sohit (7 March 2017). "India's longest [span] cable-bridge in Bharuch inaugurated by PM Modi". India.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Narendra Modi to open new bridge over Narmada on March 7 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2017.