Asia’s second-longest rail-cum-road bridge, Bogibeel, will be thrown open to the public on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the bridge today. The bridge has a serviceable period of around 120 years.
The 4.9 km-long Bogibeel Bridge on the Bramhaputra river is India’s only fully welded bridge for which European codes and welding standards were adhered to for the first time in the country, Chief Engineer Mohinder Singh told PTI.
He said that a fully welded bridge has a low maintenance cost.
The bridge, constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 5,900 crore, has a “serviceable period of around 120 years”, he said.
The bridge reduces travel time from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh to four hours and will cut out the detour of over 170 km via Tinsukia.