WORLD’S TALLEST RAILWAY BRIDGE

Dec. 9, 2018

The Northeast Frontier Railway Construction Organisation has put in place the pier near Manipur’s Noney for the tallest railway bridge in the world.

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The bridge, across the valley of River Ijai near Noney (Manipur), is part of the 111-km Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal project, a national project, which is set to be completed by 2022.
Once completed, it will have a pier height of 141 metres. The record for the tallest railway bridge is now held by the 139-m Mala Rijeka viaduct, Montenegro in Europe.
There are total 45 tunnels in the project, the longest tunnel being 10.28 km long, which will be the longest railway tunnel in the northeast.

Source : The Hindu

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