Bogibeel bridge – the country’s proposed longest road-rail bridge at 4.94 km — on the Brahmaputra river is in the process of getting completed.
About:
Type: Road-rail bridge.
It is a double deck bridge with a two-line railway track on the lower deck and a three-lane road on the upper deck.
It is the fourth rail-road bridge built on the Brahmaputra.
Location: It crosses Brahmaputra river. It connects Dhemaji district (NH-52) and Dibrugarh district (NH-52B) in Assam.
Length: Upon its completion, the 4.94-kilometre-long bridge will become the longest and fourth largest bridge in India.
Operator: Northeast Frontier Railway.
Background: While former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda laid the foundation stone for the Bogibeel bridge in 1997, work started in 2002, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee inaugurated the construction.
Significance: It is located just over 20 km away from the Assam- Arunachal Pradesh (AP) border. It will enhance India's ability to transport troops & supplies to its border with China in AP.
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