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The Chenab Rail Bridge is the world's highest railway bridge, which is an essential part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail connect (USBRL) project. On August 14, the world's highest rail span over the Chenab stream in the Kouri region of the Reasi district accomplished an achievement when the overarch deck of this massive bridge was finished with a golden joint.
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The extraordinary bridge, standing 359 m over the riverbed, includes 93 decks, each gauging around 85 tons, and is on the single line connecting Katra (Jammu) with Qazigund (Kashmir), about 75 km away. It is a part of the 272-km long rail line from Udhampur to Baramulla that gets Jammu together with Kashmir valley. The 272-km long railway line will feature 38 tunnels having a total length of 119 kilometers with India's longest tunnel T-49 (12.75 km), and 927 small and big bridges having a total length of 13 km.
The Chenab Railway Bridge is a part of the 272-km long rail line which is being created from Udhampur to Baramulla. This rail line project officially is known as the 'Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project' and it will give an all-climate highspeed network option between Jammu with the Kashmir valley.
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The development of the spectacular Chenab Railway bridge began in 2004 yet was required to be postponed in 2008-09 for assessment of security parts of the bridge. The regular high-speed breezes that pass through this area might have represented a well-being worry for the rail travelers and after assuring everything the work was continued again.
Chenab Railway Bridge's arch altogether weighs around 10,619 MT and according to the figures shared by the Government, the complete expense of development for the Chenab Rail Bridge is around INR 1,486 crores.
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The 1315 m long Chenab Rail Bridge is an engineering marvel in which Over 1300 workers and 300 engineers actively participated with a lot of effort, hard work, and challenges to complete this masterpiece which is considered 35 meters higher than the Eiffel Tower, which is the most famous tourist attraction in France.
