3rd Narmada Bridge

New Narmada Bridge
Coordinates 21°42′54″N 73°02′45″E / 21.7149°N 73.0458°E / 21.7149; 73.0458Coordinates: 21°42′54″N 73°02′45″E / 21.7149°N 73.0458°E / 21.7149; 73.0458
Carries Road traffic
Crosses Narmada River
Locale Bharuch
Official name New Narmada Bridge
Named for Narmada River
Maintained by NHAI
Characteristics
Design Extradosed bridge
Material Steel, Cement, Cables, Alloy
Total length 1,344 metres (4,409 ft)
Width 22.8 metres (75 ft)
History
Constructed by NHAI
Construction start 2014
Construction end 2017
Construction cost ₹3,970,000,000
Opened 7 March 2017

The New Narmada Bridge is an extra dosed bridge, constructed at Bharuch, India. It is a 1.4-kilometre-long (0.87 mi) bridge, built over river Narmada on NH-8. The four-lane bridge is a part of larger project involving six laning of a section of NH-8 between Vadodara and Surat. It runs parallel to Sardar Bridge. It is the longest extra dosed bridge in India, 521 metres longer than Vidyasagar Setu of Kolkata.[1][2][3][4] Bridge is under construction by Larsen & Toubro and Dywidag Systems International (DSI-Bridgecon). The estimated cost of bridge is INR 379 crore. This bridge was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 7, 2017.[3][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Country's longest extradosed bridge to come up over Narmada in Bharuch - Indian Express". Archive.indianexpress.com. 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  2. ↑ Share on FacebookShare on Twitter (2014-03-04). "Work on extradosed bridge over Narmada begins - Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-04-26.
  3. 1 2 Mishra, Sohit (2017-03-07). "India's longest cable-bridge in Bharuch inaugurated by PM Modi; all you need to know about the 1.4 km bridge". India.com. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  4. ↑ https://www.patrika.com/ahmedabad-news/the-naming-of-the-new-bridge-over-the-movement-alert-1522572/
  5. ↑ "Narendra Modi to open new bridge over Narmada on March 7 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-02-23.


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