The first cable-stayed railway bridge of India is nearing completion and the deck of the bridge is expected to be ready by May this year on the Anji river in Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Railway officials said. Once ready, trains will run at a speed of 100 kilometres per hour on the bridge being constructed around 80 kilometres away from Jammu, they said.
Anji bridge between Katra and Reasi stations falls in the Reasi district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The upcoming structure is part of the ambitious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla-Rail Link (USBRL) project that railway minister Ashwini Vaishnav had announced would be completed next year.
According to officials, the last deck portion of Anji bridge which is designed to withstand wind speeds of 213 kilometres per hour is expected to be completed in May this year as six more segments of the bridge are yet to be launched.
"We have already completed 41 out of 47 segments. We are hopeful the remaining ones would be completed by April-end or in the first week of May," the official said.
He said the central span of the cable-stayed bridge is 290 metres and only a 52.5-metre portion remains to be completed.
"The speed of trains will be 100 kmph on this bridge which is the speed for the entire project. However, the trains will be stopped if the wind speed goes beyond 90 kmph," the senior official said.
Currently, trains operate between Udhampur to Katra section. The project work on the 111-km Katra to Banihal line is currently underway and 52 km of this section including the bridges on Anji and Chenab are being built by Maharashtra-headquartered Konkan Railway. Banihal and Baramulla are also connected by trains.
Once complete, the USBRL project will connect the Kashmir Valley to the national rail network.
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