Koilwar Bridge
Koilwar Bridge | |
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George Turnbull | |
Construction start | 1856 |
Construction end | 1862 |
Opened | 4 November 1862 |
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Koilwar Bridge, (officially Abdul Bari Bridge) at
The steel lattice girder[citation needed] Koilwar Bridge (known as Sone Bridge when it was built) was the longest bridge in the subcontinent when built: construction started in 1856, disrupted by the Revolt of 1857, and completed in 1862. A 2-lane wide road (Old NH 30) runs under the twin rail tracks. It connects Arrah on the west side to Bihta, Danapur and Patna on the east side of Sone river.
The Koilwar Bridge was inaugurated by the then
History
An initial survey of the bridge site was made on 17 February 1851
By November 1859, both abutments and 16 of the 26 piers were being built and the well-sinking for the remaining piers progressing. By 21 December 1860, three of the iron spans were in place; 4572 tons of the estimated 5683 final tons of iron-work for the bridge had arrived from England.[6]
George Turnbull inspected the bridge and judged it complete on 4 November 1862.
Sand erosion near the pillars of this old bridge has created structural problems recently.[10]
New Koilwar Bridge
A new 1.52 km long, 6-lane wide road bridge, parallel to the existing 2-lane wide Koilwar Bridge, has been inaugurated by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on 10 December 2020.[11] New Koilwar Bridge or Vashishtha Narayan Setu is named after Indian mathematician and Padma Shri awardee Vashishtha Narayan Singh.[12]
See also
- India portal
- Digha–Sonpur Bridge
- Arrah-Chhapra Bridge
- New Koilwar Bridge
- List of road–rail bridges
- List of longest bridges above water in India
References
- ^ "The ancient heritage behind our railway bridges".
- ^ Cambridge University, England
- ^ "Bridges: The Spectacular Feat of Indian Railways" (PDF). National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ^ "Indian Railway History Timeline". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2011.
- ^ George Turnbull, C.E. Page 108 of the 437-page memoirs published privately 1893, scanned copy held in the British Library, London on compact disk since 2007
- ^ The Early History of the East Indian Railway (pages 136-137) Hena Mukherjee, first published 1994 by Firma Private Limited, Calcutta
- ^ George Turnbull, C.E. Page 198 of the 437-page memoirs published privately 1893, scanned copy held in the British Library, London on compact disk since 2007
- ^ George Turnbull, C.E. Page 199 of the 437-page memoirs published privately 1993, scanned copy held in the British Library, London on compact disk since 2007
- ^ Page 35 of History of the East Indian Railway by George Huddleston 1906.
- ^ "Koelwar Bridge, Bihar, India". Bihar. indian railway. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ "New Koilwar bridge to be named after Bihar mathematician: Nitin Gadkari". Dainik Jagran.
- ^ "Nitin Gadkari opens 3 of 6 lanes of New Koilwar bridge". Times of India.
External links
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Koilwar river bridge.MOV | |
Koilwar Pool Soan River Abdul Bar |