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World's Highest Rail Bridge

'Don't make me unnecessarily famous', says Chenab bridge project engineer

'I'm just one among thousands who built the Chenab Bridge', says G Madhavi Latha, engineer behind the world's tallest rail arch. Her role involved slope stabilisation and foundation design

'Don't make me unnecessarily famous', says Chenab bridge project engineer
Updated On : 10 Jun 2025 | 5:28 PM IST

PM Modi to inaugurate world's highest railway bridge in Jammu today

PM Modi in Jammu: Modi will also flag off the first Electric Train in the valley and also a train service between Sangaldan station and Baramulla station

PM Modi to inaugurate world's highest railway bridge in Jammu today
Updated On : 20 Feb 2024 | 9:30 AM IST

World's highest rail bridge in J-K's Reasi being developed as tourist spot

The world's highest steel arch rail bridge over the Chenab River in Reasi district here is being developed as a tourist spot with authorities calling for necessary measures for increasing the visitors' footfall, officials said on Sunday. The 1.3-km rail bridge located 359 metres above the riverbed -- 35 metres higher than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris -- forms a crucial link in the 111-km stretch from Katra to Banihal, which is part of the ongoing prestigious Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Link (USBRL) project. Chief Secretary A K Mehta along with Deputy Commissioner, Reasi Babila Rakwal and other officers visited the bridge site near Jyotipuram, 42 km from Reasi town, on Saturday, the officials said. Mehta had a detailed inspection of the bridge in the presence of the engineers of the executing agency and officers of Indian Railways who apprised him about the unique features of this engineering marvel having no parallel in the world, they said. Appreciating the engineering

World's highest rail bridge in J-K's Reasi being developed as tourist spot
Updated On : 01 Oct 2023 | 2:38 PM IST

World's highest rail bridge over Chenab in J&K can stand uakes, blasts

The project work is being carried out by AFCONS Construction Company through Konkan Railway

World's highest rail bridge over Chenab in J&K can stand uakes, blasts
Updated On : 12 Nov 2017 | 8:06 PM IST