The world’s tallest railway bridge over Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir will be completed by 2019.
The railway bridge is expected to be taller than the Eiffel Tower by 35 mtr.
The project is being built at an expense of around Rs 1,100 crore and will be 359 mtr above the river bed. The bridge will use over 24,000 tonne of steel.
The 1.315 km long bridge will connect Bakkal in Katra and Kauri in Srinagar and is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project.
Once completed, the bridge will surpass the record Shuibai railway bridge of 275 mtr over the Beipan river in China.