- Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge “Bogibeel Bridge” in Assam, to the nation on December 25.
- The bridge is constructed over the River Brahmaputra between Dibrugarh and Dhemaji districts of Assam.
- The Prime Minister also flagged off the first passenger train, from Tinsukia in Assam in south bank to Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh in north bank, through the bridge.
- Salient Features of the Bogibeel Bridge
- The total length of the bridge is 4.94 kilometers.
- It will connect the two northeast states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
- The bridge is constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 5,800 crore and has a serviceable period of around 120 years.
- It has a two-line railway track on the lower deck and a three-lane road on the top deck.
- Bogibeel Bridge is India’s first bridge to have fully wielded steel-concrete support beams that can withstand earthquakes of magnitudes upto 7 Richter Scale.
- The foundation of the bridge was laid in January 1997 by Prime Minister H.D.Deva Gowda but construction was inaugurated only in 2002 by Prime Minister, A.B. Vajpayee.
Points to Remember:
- Bogibeel Bridge is in which state
- Constructed over which river
- Length of the bridge
- Longest Rail cum Road Bridge in India