Asia's longest bridge over Brahmaputra to be ready in 7 months

[Śakra]

Only 2 lanes?

 

[AndrewJin]

Is it classified as a viaduct or a Bridge?
My guess is it is a viaduct and surely longer structures exist on Suburban Rail networks in China and Elsewhere.
@AndrewJin @ahojunk Can you guys share some information on this?

I think it should be the longest bridge over Brahmaputra

If we do not count bridges of HSR and metro, there are also very long bridges of other types.

For example, 26.7km long Jiaozhou Bay bridge.
https://defence.pk/threads/china-ex...-news-and-updates.435098/page-11#post-8506067

Xihoumen bridge, linking mainland to Zhoushan Island

Pingtan strait cross-sea railway bridge under construction (2013-2019)
6 lane expressway + 4 track highspeed railway

50km Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge （2009-2017）

32.5km Donghai (East Sea) Bridge in Shanghai

 

[Joe Shearer]

NEW DELHI: The strategic Dhola-Sadiya bridge on Brahmaputra, which will reduce travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by four hours, is likely to be opened to traffic before next monsoon season. The road ministry has approved compensation to property owners to get the required land for building the 2-kilometre approach road on Sadiya side for the project.

Once the Rs 938-crore two-lane project is completed, it will be the longest bridge in Asia and will be crucial for defence purposes also.

The bridge is also being strengthened for the passage of army tanks. At present, there is no bridge fortified for passage of tanks around Tinsukia from where troops can cross over to Arunachal Pradesh. Moreover, it will cut time for the armed forces to reach the border in Dibang and Anjaw via Tezpur, which takes two days (about 186 km from Guwahati) now.

The bridge connectivity is also important as Arunachal Pradesh does not have a single operational airport and with China building air strips on its side of the LAC it will come as a shot in the arm for the military. "We will complete work in the next seven to eight months," said an official.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone through the visual presentation of this project when he participated in the North Eastern Council meeting in Shillong early this year.The Rs 938 crore 2-lane bridge project (25.8 km) had started in November 2010.

Construction of this bridge in Assam was approved as a part of Rs 24,000 crore Arunachal Pradesh package to improve road connectivity in the border state.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...be-ready-in-7-months/articleshow/54514878.cms
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The Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, scheduled to become operational in December 2015, will be the longest bridge in India.It spans the Brahmaputra River to connect the states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and is 9.15 kilometres (5.69 mi) in length.

Construction began in 2011 under the aegis of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in public private partnership (PPP) with Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd. The bridge is scheduled to become operational from December 2015. The project cost around 10.00 billion rupees and will take around 4.5 years to complete. It is 3.55 kilometres (2.21 mi) longer than the Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai making it the longest bridge in India.

The Construction expert team is led by Mr.B.Surya Raju Chief Project Manager,Navayuga Engineering Company ltd, Hyderabad.The project aims to construct a 12.9 metres (42 ft) wide external post tensioned bridge with 183 spans each of 50 metres (160 ft) along with a two lane connecting road from Dhola Bazaar to Islampur Tiniali. When completed this will become the longest river bridge in India across the river, the Lohit.

The expected date of Bridge Operation will be from May-2016.The Connecting Highway is scheduled to be operational from April-2017.

The bridge will reduce the travel time from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh by four hours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhola-Sadiya_bridge

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@Joe Shearer Sir, Things are improving for NE states as far as mobility is concerned!

@PARIKRAMA @Ankit Kumar @Abingdonboy @Rain Man @ranjeet @Tshering22 @Levina @hellfire @Nilgiri @nair @SrNair @AndrewJin @Vergennes

Wonderful news by itself, but I would have preferred to see a 'garland' of ten to twelve airfields with C17 handling capacity along the right bank of the Brahmaputra. We need more bridges of the sort you have highlighted, but for logistics - beans, bullets and black oil - not for the movement of fighting formations.

Just my tuppence.

 

[Gibbs]

NEW DELHI: The strategic Dhola-Sadiya bridge on Brahmaputra, which will reduce travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by four hours, is likely to be opened to traffic before next monsoon season. The road ministry has approved compensation to property owners to get the required land for building the 2-kilometre approach road on Sadiya side for the project.

Once the Rs 938-crore two-lane project is completed, it will be the longest bridge in Asia and will be crucial for defence purposes also.

The bridge is also being strengthened for the passage of army tanks. At present, there is no bridge fortified for passage of tanks around Tinsukia from where troops can cross over to Arunachal Pradesh. Moreover, it will cut time for the armed forces to reach the border in Dibang and Anjaw via Tezpur, which takes two days (about 186 km from Guwahati) now.

The bridge connectivity is also important as Arunachal Pradesh does not have a single operational airport and with China building air strips on its side of the LAC it will come as a shot in the arm for the military. "We will complete work in the next seven to eight months," said an official.Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone through the visual presentation of this project when he participated in the North Eastern Council meeting in Shillong early this year.The Rs 938 crore 2-lane bridge project (25.8 km) had started in November 2010.

Construction of this bridge in Assam was approved as a part of Rs 24,000 crore Arunachal Pradesh package to improve road connectivity in the border state.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...be-ready-in-7-months/articleshow/54514878.cms
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The Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, scheduled to become operational in December 2015, will be the longest bridge in India.It spans the Brahmaputra River to connect the states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and is 9.15 kilometres (5.69 mi) in length.

Construction began in 2011 under the aegis of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in public private partnership (PPP) with Navayuga Engineering Company Ltd. The bridge is scheduled to become operational from December 2015. The project cost around 10.00 billion rupees and will take around 4.5 years to complete. It is 3.55 kilometres (2.21 mi) longer than the Bandra Worli Sea Link in Mumbai making it the longest bridge in India.

The Construction expert team is led by Mr.B.Surya Raju Chief Project Manager,Navayuga Engineering Company ltd, Hyderabad.The project aims to construct a 12.9 metres (42 ft) wide external post tensioned bridge with 183 spans each of 50 metres (160 ft) along with a two lane connecting road from Dhola Bazaar to Islampur Tiniali. When completed this will become the longest river bridge in India across the river, the Lohit.

The expected date of Bridge Operation will be from May-2016.The Connecting Highway is scheduled to be operational from April-2017.

The bridge will reduce the travel time from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh by four hours
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhola-Sadiya_bridge

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@Joe Shearer Sir, Things are improving for NE states as far as mobility is concerned!

@PARIKRAMA @Ankit Kumar @Abingdonboy @Rain Man @ranjeet @Tshering22 @Levina @hellfire @Nilgiri @nair @SrNair @AndrewJin @Vergennes

Mate it's not the longest bridge in Asia, But most definitely in South Asian region, Unless the bridge they're building in Bangladesh surpass's it

 

[Grevion]

Wonderful news by itself, but I would have preferred to see a 'garland' of ten to twelve airfields with C17 handling capacity along the right bank of the Brahmaputra. We need more bridges of the sort you have highlighted, but for logistics - beans, bullets and black oil - not for the movement of fighting formations.

Just my tuppence.

Why so evil you.

Ok so then it should be the second largest bridge of Asia. As you all know that we have the second largest malls of Asia in almost every city of India.

 

[Dungeness]

Why so evil you.

Ok so then it should be the second largest bridge of Asia. As you all know that we have the second largest malls of Asia in almost every city of India.

It is indeed a cultural phenomenon.

 

[el che]

Good development. More bridges are required across the Brahmaputra. Only 2 road bridges and 2 railway bridges constructed till date. Is this the Bogibeel bridge at Dibrugarh or a different one?

 

[Nilgiri]

Good development. More bridges are required across the Brahmaputra. Only 2 road bridges and 2 railway bridges constructed till date. Is this the Bogibeel bridge at Dibrugarh or a different one?

Different one. Much longer than Bogibeel.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Why so evil you.

Ok so then it should be the second largest bridge of Asia. As you all know that we have the second largest malls of Asia in almost every city of India.

My new avatar.

I have to grow the goatee a bit.

 

[Nilgiri]

My new avatar.

I have to grow the goatee a bit.

You really should make that your avatar haha. Be a sport sir.

 

[Joe Shearer]

You really should make that your avatar haha. Be a sport sir.

I'd have to lose weight. I look like a snake that has swallowed an egg.

 

[Nilgiri]

I'd have to lose weight. I look like a snake that has swallowed an egg.

I mean here on this forum for your Display Pic. Tranquil sunsets are so overrated.

 

[Joe Shearer]

I mean here on this forum for your Display Pic. Tranquil sunsets are so overrated.

Don't you think at 66, I deserve tranquil sunsets more than being Mephistophelian?

 

[Nilgiri]

Don't you think at 66, I deserve tranquil sunsets more than being Mephistophelian?

Yes you deserve it for sure sir.

I am just talking about what other people deserve from you. Thats what a forum is about right?

 

[Grevion]

My new avatar.

I have to grow the goatee a bit.

Not necessarily a goatee

Although those weird horns on the forehead will be a disaster.