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Maitri Setu (lit. ' friendship bridge ') is a 1.9-kilometre (1.2 mi) bridge on Feni River which links Sabroom in Tripura, India and Ramgarh in Chittagong, Bangladesh leading to Chittagong port, thus providing a shorter and more economical alternate land route between India's eastern and western states compared to the longer route through Assam.
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, officially named as Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri–Nhava Sheva Atal Setu and colloquially known as Atal Setu, is a 21.8 km (13.5 mi) 6-lane grade separated expressway [9] bridge, which connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai, its satellite city. It is the longest sea bridge in India, and the world's 12th longest sea bridge.
The name Adam's Bridge appeared probably around the time of Al-Biruni (c. 1030). [2] This appears to have been premised on the Islamic belief that Adam's Peak — where the biblical Adam fell to earth — is located in Sri Lanka, and that Adam crossed over to peninsular India via the bridge after his expulsion from the Garden of Eden. [3]
A more elegant aesthetic appearance than conventional beam bridges. [43] The first major extradosed bridge built in India is the Second Vivekananda Bridge between Howrah and Kolkata. It has 8 pylons and a suspended length of 880 m (2,890 ft), which was among the longest in its category at the time.
National Highway 118 is a national highway of India. It connects Asanbani and Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand. [1] At 17 km (11 mi) length, it is one of the shortest national highways in India. [2] Before renumbering of national highways, route of NH-118 was part of old national highway 32. It is a spur road of National Highway 18. [3]
Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge: Mahanadi River: 2.1 2008- Rail Odisha: Cuttack [26] 32 Pamban Bridge: Palk Strait: 2.07 1913- Rail Tamil Nadu: Mandapam-Rameswaram [27] 33 Sharavati Bridge: Sharavathi River: 2.06 1994 Rail Karnataka: Honnavar-Kasarkoda [10] 34 Baluaha Ghat Bridge Kosi River: 2.05 2015- Road Bihar: Baluaha Ghat-Gandaul [28] 35 Arwal ...
The tree bridges take about 10 to 15 years to fully grow, and because these are made out of living trees, they are constantly growing and becoming stronger. Some of them even reach over 100 feet long.
Kolia Bhomora Setu, an existing bridge completed in 1987, is a 3.015 km long pre-stressed concrete road bridge on NH-715 over the Brahmaputra River in Tezpur Assam state of India, which connects Tezpur in Sonitpur district on northern bank with Kaliabor in Nagaon District on the south bank.