This is a list of India’s bridges longer than 500 metres (1,640 ft) sorted by their full length above water.[1]
|
Name |
Spanning |
Feet |
Completed
/Opened |
Traffic |
State |
City |
|
River Name |
meters |
|
DHOLA SADIYA BRIDGE |
BRAHMAPUTRA |
9150 |
27889 |
2016 |
ROAD |
ASSAM |
TINSUKIA |
|
Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi Setu[2] |
Ganges |
5,500 |
18,000 |
1982 |
Road |
Bihar |
Patna - Hajipur |
|
Bandra-Worli Sea Link[3] |
Mahim bay |
5,575 |
18,291 |
2009 |
Road |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
|
Vikramshila Setu[4] |
Ganges |
4,700 |
15,400 |
2001 |
Road |
Bihar |
Bhagalpur |
|
Vembanad Rail Bridge[5] |
Vembanad Lake |
4,620 |
15,160 |
2011 |
Rail |
Kerala |
Kochi |
|
Ganga Rail-Road Bridge |
Ganges |
4,556 |
14,948 |
2016 |
Rail-cum-Road |
Bihar |
Patna➡Sonepur |
|
Penumudi–Puligadda Bridge |
Krishna |
4,000 |
13,000 |
2006 |
Road |
Andhra Pradesh |
Avanigadda |
|
Munger Ganga Bridge |
Ganges |
3,692 |
12,113 |
- |
Rail-cum-Road |
Bihar |
Munger |
|
Nehru Setu[6] |
Son River |
3,064 |
10,052 |
1900 |
Rail |
Bihar |
Dehri |
|
Jawahar Setu[7] |
Son River |
3,061 |
10,043 |
1965 |
Road |
Bihar |
Dehri |
|
Kolia Bhomora Setu |
Brahmaputra River |
3,015 |
9,892 |
1987 |
Road |
Assam |
Tezpur |
|
Korthi-Kolhar Bridge[8] |
Krishna River |
3,000 |
9,800 |
2006 |
Road |
Karnataka |
Bijapur |
|
Godavari Bridge
|
Godavari River |
4,278 |
14,035 |
1970 |
Rail-cum-road |
Andhra Pradesh |
Rajahmundry |
|
Old Godavari Bridge
Now decommissioned[9] |
Godavari River |
2,754 |
9,035 |
1900 |
Rail |
Andhra Pradesh |
Rajahmundry |
|
Godavari Arch Bridge[9] |
Godavari River |
2,745 |
9,006 |
1997/2003 |
Rail |
Andhra Pradesh |
Rajahmundry |
|
Pamban Bridge |
Palk Strait |
2,300 |
7,500 |
1988 |
Road |
Tamil Nadu |
Pamban Island |
|
Naranarayan Setu[10] |
Brahmaputra River |
2,284 |
7,493 |
1998 |
Rail-cum-road |
Assam |
Jogighopa |
|
Farakka Barrage[11] |
Ganges |
2,240 |
7,350 |
1975 |
Rail-cum-road |
West Bengal |
Farakka |
|
Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge[12] |
Mahanadi River |
2,100 |
6,900 |
2008 |
Rail |
Odisha |
Cuttack |
|
Pamban Bridge[13] |
Palk Strait |
2,065 |
6,775 |
1913 |
Rail |
Tamil Nadu |
Pamban Island |
|
Sharavathi Bridge[14] |
Sharavathi River |
2,060 |
6,760 |
1994 |
Rail |
Karnataka |
Honnavar |
|
Rajendra Setu[15] |
Ganges |
2,000 |
6,600 |
1959 |
Rail-cum- road |
Bihar |
Maranchi |
|
Mahanadi Bridge, Boudh[16] |
Mahanadi River |
1,950.7 |
6,400 |
1899 |
Rail |
Odisha |
Sonepur] |
|
Gautam Buddha Bridge |
Gandak River |
1,848 |
6,063 |
2009/2013 |
Road |
Bihar |
West Champaran |
|
Elgin Bridge (Barabanki) |
Ghaghra River |
1,126.2 |
3,695 |
1896 |
Rail |
Uttar Pradesh |
Barabanki |
|
Ghagra Bridge (Road ) |
Ghaghra River |
1,100 |
3,600 |
|
Road |
Uttar Pradesh |
Barabanki |
|
Vashi Bridge |
Thane Creek |
1,837 |
6,027 |
1997 |
Road |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
|
New Yamuna Bridge[17] |
Yamuna River |
1,510 |
4,950 |
2004 |
Road |
Uttar Pradesh |
Allahabad |
|
Vangal-Mohanur Bridge |
Cauvery River |
1,505 |
4,938 |
2016 |
Road |
Tamil Nadu |
Vangal–Mohanur |
|
Thanthai Periyar Bridge[18] |
Cauvery River |
1,500 |
4,900 |
1971 |
Road |
Tamil Nadu |
Musiri–Kulithalai |
|
Saraighat Bridge[9] |
Brahmaputra River |
1,492 |
4,895 |
1962 |
Rail-cum-road |
Assam |
Guwahati |
|
Koilwar Bridge[9] |
Son River |
1,440 |
4,720 |
1862 |
Rail-cum-road |
Bihar |
Koilwar |
|
Neelathanallur-Madhanathur bridge |
The Kollidam |
1,400 |
4,600 |
2011 |
Road |
Tamil Nadu |
Kumbakonam To Jayankondam |
|
Mahanadi Bridge[19] |
Mahanadi River |
1,400 |
4,600 |
1961 |
Road |
Orissa |
Bhootmundei, Paradip |
|
Second Narmada Bridge[20] |
Narmada River |
1,365 |
4,478 |
2000 |
Road |
Gujarat |
Bharuch |
|
Prakasam Barrage[21] |
Krishna River |
1,224 |
4,016 |
1885 |
Road |
Andhra Pradesh |
Vijayawada |
|
Kanakadurga Varadhi[22] |
Krishna River |
2,200 |
7,200 |
1995 |
Road |
Andhra Pradesh |
Vijayawada |
|
Dufferin Bridge[23] |
Ganges River |
1,048.5 |
3,440 |
1887 |
Rail-cum-road |
Uttar Pradesh |
Varanasi |
|
Sharavathi Bridge[24] |
Sharavathi River |
1,048 |
3,438 |
1984 |
Road |
Karnataka |
Honnavar |
|
Airoli Bridge[25] |
Thane Creek |
1,030 |
3,380 |
1999 |
Road |
Maharashtra |
Mumbai |
|
Old Naini Bridge[26] |
Yamuna River |
1,006 |
3,301 |
1865 |
Rail-cum-road |
Uttar Pradesh |
Allahabad |
|
Chamravattom Regulator-cum-Bridge[27] |
Bharathappuzha |
978 |
3,209 |
2012 |
Road |
Kerala |
Chamravattom |
|
Coleroon Bridge[28] |
The Kollidam |
900 |
3,000 |
2012 |
Road |
Tamil Nadu |
Tiruchirappalli |
|
Vivekananda Setu |
Hooghly River |
900 |
3,000 |
1932 |
Road |
West Bengal |
Dakshineswar-Bally |
|
Nivedita Setu[29] |
Hooghly River |
880 |
2,890 |
2007 |
Rail-cum-road |
West Bengal |
Dakshineswar-Bally |
|
Chambal Bridge |
Chambal River |
850 |
2,790 |
2016 |
Road |
Rajasthan |
Dholpur |
|
Vidyasagar Setu[30] |
Hooghly River |
822 |
2,697 |
1992 |
Road |
West Bengal |
Kolkata |
|
Netravati Bridge[31] |
Netravati River |
804 |
2,638 |
1965 |
Road |
Karnataka |
Mangalore |
|
Paramathi Velur Bridge (NH 7)[18] |
Cauvery River |
803 |
2,635 |
|
Road |
Tamil Nadu |
Pugalur–Velur |
|
Yamuna Bridge[32] |
Yamuna River |
767 |
2,516 |
? |
Road |
Himachal Pradesh |
Paonta Sahib |
|
Jajmau Bridge[33] |
Ganges River |
720 |
2,360 |
2011 |
Road |
Uttar Pradesh |
Jajmau |
|
Howrah Bridge[34] |
Hooghly River |
705 |
2,313 |
1943 |
Road |
West Bengal |
Kolkata |
|
Garmukteswar Bridge[9] |
Ganges River |
671 |
2,201 |
1901 |
Rail-cum-Road |
Uttar Pradesh |
Garhmukteshwar |
|
Lav Kush Barrage |
Ganges River |
621 |
2,037 |
align="right" | 2000 |
Road |
Uttar Pradesh |
Kanpur |
See also
References
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