3rd Narmada Bridge
Extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India
Coordinates21°42′54″N 73°02′45″E / 21.7149°N 73.0458°E / 21.7149; 73.0458
Carriesfour lanes of NH-8 traffic
CrossesNarmada River
LocaleBharuch
Official nameNew Narmada Bridge
Named forNarmada River
Maintained byNHAI
Characteristics
DesignExtradosed bridge
MaterialSteel, Cement, Cables, Alloy
Total length1,344 m (4,409 ft)
Width22.8 m (75 ft)
Longest span144 m (472 ft)
No. of spans10
History
Constructed byNHAI & L & T
Construction start2014
Construction end2017
Construction cost379 crore (equivalent to 532 crore or US$67 million in 2023)
Opened7 March 2017
Location

The New Narmada Bridge (or the 3rd Narmada Bridge) is an extra dosed bridge, constructed at Bharuch, India. It is a 1,344 m (4,409 ft) long bridge, built over river Narmada on NH-8. The four-lane bridge is a part of larger project involving six laning of a section of NH-8 between Vadodara and Surat. It runs parallel to Sardar Bridge. It is the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India, 144 m (472 ft) long.[1][2][3][4]

The bridge was constructed by Larsen & Toubro and Dywidag Systems International (DSI-Bridgecon). The estimated cost of bridge is 379 crore (equivalent to 532 crore or US$67 million in 2023). This bridge was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 March 2017.[3][5]

A few months later in June 2017, the Arrah–Chhapra Bridge opened and became the longest multi-span extradosed bridge in the world, with a main bridge length of 1,920 m (6,300 ft). Even so, the 3rd Narmada Bridge remains the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India.

See also

References

  1. "Third Narmada Bridge". structurae.net. 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2020. New bridge will have the longest spans in India
  2. Joshi, Harish (4 March 2014). "Work on extradosed bridge over Narmada begins". Times of India. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 Mishra, Sohit (7 March 2017). "India's longest [span] cable-bridge in Bharuch inaugurated by PM Modi". India.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. "Narendra Modi to open new bridge over Narmada on March 7 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2017.


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