The Golden Joint of Kashmir’s Chenab Bridge inaugurated

Chenab Bridge in Kashmir, which is also the world's highest railway bridge, is one of the most-awaited development projects of India. On Saturday (13 August, 2022), the Golden Joint of the Chenab Bridge was inaugurated, which links two ends of the deck of the railway bridge.

A number of people from across the country were present during the unveiling ceremony which saw firecrackers and people celebrating the moment by singing the national anthem. The entire place was filled with slogans of Bharat Mata ki Jai.
Giridhar Rajagopalan, Deputy Managing Director of Afcons, the firm developing the bridge said, "We can confidently state that the bridge would be roughly 98% complete after the golden joint is finished".

The Ministry of Railways took to Twitter and shared some amazing pictures of the bridge:

The Golden Joint: Deck launching work of the world’s highest Railway Arch Bridge, Chenab Bridge completed. pic.twitter.com/nrGF0Mrm6R

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) August 13, 2022

On that note, let’s check out some interesting facts about the world’s highest railway bridge:

1) The bridge is 1315 m long.

2) When completed, the bridge will be 35 m higher than the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

3) It took over 1300 workers and 300 engineers to complete the bridge.

4) The arch of the bridge has steel boxes.

5) The overall weight of the arch is 10,619 MT.

6) The bridge can withstand high wind speed up to 266 km/hr.

7) Nearly INR 1486 crore has been spent on the construction of the bridge.