With a view to provide an alternative and a reliable transportation system to Jammu & Kashmir, Govt. of India planned a 326 Km. long Railway Line from Jammu to Baramulla joining the Kashmir valley with the Indian Railways network under two projects viz. Jammu-Udhampur Rail link project (JURL) of length 54km and Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail link Project (#USBRL) of length 272km.
For the purpose of execution/monitoring, the work has been sub-divided into the following four legs: -
• Leg-1: Udhampur-Katra (25 KM)- Work completed and section commissioned in July 2014.
• Leg-2: Katra-Banihal (111 KM)- Work in progress
• Leg-3: Banihal-Quazigund (18 Km)- Work completed and section commissioned in June 2013
• Leg-4: Quazigund-Baramulla (118 Km)- Work completed and section commissioned in three phases, last phase commissioned in Oct., 2009.
Salient Feature of Chenab Bridge
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Total No of Spans : 17 Nos.
• Overall length : 1315 m
• Single Arch Span : 467 m
• Bridge Deck height above river bed level : 359 m
• Max. Ht. of Steel Pier : 130.855 m
• Max. Ht. of Concrete Pier : 49.343 m
• Maximum designed Wind speed : 266 kmph
The iconic Chenab bridge is being constructed in Reasi district of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir under the most challenging Udhampur- Srinagar- Baramulla- Rail-link project (USBRL) Project of Indian Railways.
This iconic bridge across the river Chenab having central span of 467 m is being built at a height of 359m from the bed level (Height of Qutab Minar is 72 m and of Eiffel Tower is 324 m). This is the Highest Railway Bridge on the globe being constructed.
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