Arch Of Global’s Very best Railway Bridge In Jammu And Kashmir Finished
“The arch is composed of metal bins through which concrete can be stuffed to reinforce steadiness, officers stated.
Kauri:
The development of the arch of the arena’s absolute best railway bridge that soars 359 metres above the mattress of the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir was once finished on Monday, with the Northern Railways terming the success a milestone.
The 1.3-kilometre-long bridge goals to spice up connectivity to the Kashmir Valley and it’s being built at a price of Rs 1,486 crore as a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Hyperlink (USBRL) mission.
The bridge, which is 35-metre upper than the Eiffel Tower in Paris, is anticipated to be finished inside of a yr, officers stated.
“This is a historical day for the Northern Railways and a milestone within the of entirety of the USBRL mission, connecting Kashmir with the remainder of the rustic. The mission can be finished inside of two and a part years,” Northern Railway Normal Supervisor Ashutosh Gangal stated.
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal watched the decreasing of the closure section of the arch by way of cable crane thru a video hyperlink from Delhi. Senior officials, together with Mr Gangal and Konkan Railway Chairman and Managing Director Sanjay Gupta, attended the serve as.
“The self-supporting arch is an engineering surprise and has introduced us nearer to our purpose of the dream mission. After the of entirety of the arch, we will be able to transfer additional, and are hopeful of finishing the bridge inside of a yr,” Mr Gangal stated.
The Railway Ministry stated that the 5.6-metre ultimate piece of steel (closure section) was once fitted on the absolute best level of the arch on Monday. It joined the 2 hands of the arch that lately stretch against each and every different from each banks of the Chenab, it stated.
“This finished the form of the arch. After of entirety of the arch paintings, removing of the keep cables, filling of the concrete within the arch rib, erection of the metal trestle, launching of the viaduct and monitor laying paintings can be taken up,” the ministry stated.
Mr Gangal stated that the development of the bridge comes to fabrication of 28,660 metric tonnes of metal, 10 lakh cubic metres earthwork and 66,000 cubic metres of concrete.
“The arch is composed of metal bins through which concrete can be stuffed to reinforce steadiness. The keep cables that are at the moment retaining the arch can be got rid of because it has change into self-supporting after the set up of the ultimate piece,” Mr Gangal stated.
He stated the full weight of the arch is 10,619 metric tonnes and “the erection of participants of the arch by way of overhead cable cranes was once performed for the primary time by way of the Indian Railways”.
Speaking about protection measures, Mr Gangal stated the bridge was once designed for blast load in session with the Defence Analysis and Construction Organisation. That is the primary such design within the nation and it will probably stay operational at a limited velocity of 30 kmph after removing of 1 pier or trestle, he stated.
The bridge is designed to resist top wind velocity of as much as 266 kmph and earthquake forces of absolute best depth, Mr Gangal stated.
For the primary time, the Indian Railways used phased array ultrasonic machines and established a NABL-accredited lab on the web page for weld checking out, he stated.
“Roughly 584 kilometers of welding was once performed to enroll in the other portions of construction, which is to the music of distance between Jammu Tawi to New Delhi,” the ministry stated.
The chairman of the Konkan Railways Sanjay Gupta stated that the true problem was once the development of the arch which was once finished as of late.
“Some folks have been fearful about its building however this has after all came about with the set up of the ultimate piece. That is the guts of this mission,” he stated.
At the building of the arch, the ministry stated that this was once some of the tough a part of the bridge.
“This success is a significant soar against the of entirety of the 111-km-long winding stretch from Katra to Banihal. It’s arguably the most important civil-engineering problem confronted by way of any railway mission in India in fresh historical past,” it stated.
“This bridge is 1,315-metre lengthy and is the absolute best railway bridge on this planet being 359 metres above the river mattress degree. It is going to be 35 meters upper than the long-lasting Eiffel Tower in Paris (France),” the ministry stated.
The delicate ‘Tekla’ tool has been used for structural detailing and the structural metal is acceptable for -10 levels Celsius to 40 levels Celsius, it stated.
