GUWAHATI: N.F.Railway Construction Organisation has recently achieved a major advancement in constructing first ever over 100 metre tall pier bridge is set to come up in Manipur.
The tallest ever pier bridge will come up across river Makru in Tamenglong District of Manipur.
The Bridge is a part of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new BG line project (111 Km). There are a total of 47 tunnels in the project. The longest tunnel i.e., Tunnel No. 12 with a length of 10.280 Km. will be the longest railway tunnel in the Northeast.
The 555 metre-long bridge is being constructed across the valley of river Makru in Tamenglong district of Manipur with a pier height of 100 metre (equivalent to 33 storied building). The steel girders are pre-fabricated in a workshop at Kolkata, transported in segments and erected at site by Cantilever launching scheme.
Despite facing difficult terrain ,plagued by poor infrastructure facilities, the last Open Web Girder of the Bridge launched successfully on February 14, 2020.
It is to be mentioned that concrete quantity used in constructing the bridge - 31000 cum, Structural Steel used - 45000 Qntland Steel used in Girder – 42000 Qntl.
Further, the total cost of the bridge is Rs.283.5 Crores(approx.).