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bridge in Jammu & Kashmir
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Strategically important and first of the kind in North India and Jammu
and Kashmir, the 592-meter long Basohli Bridge over River Ravi will be
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Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar will dedicate the first cable-stayed bridge of
North India to the nation on December 24, providing close connectivity between
three northern states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
Strategically important and first of the kind in North India and Jammu and
Kashmir, the 592-meter long Basohli Bridge over River Ravi will be fourth such in
the country. Out of 592 m, 350 m span is cable-stayed while the rest is plain bridge.
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Work on the maiden cable-stay bridge of the state was started on the persistent
demand of people of Basohli where over 22 villages got submerged in water and
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The bridge, which is in the Kathua district of Jammu will provide a second surface
link on the Jammu-Pathankote national highway, according to a senior official of the
Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
"A typical cable-stayed bridge is a deck with one or two pylons erected above the
piers in the middle of the span," a senior officer said adding, "the cables are attached
diagonally to the girder to provide additional supports".
"The pylons form the primary load-bearing structure in these types of bridges. Large
amounts of compression forces are transferred from the deck to the cables to the
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The officer said the cable stayed-bridges have a low centre of gravity, which makes
them efficient in resisting earthquakes.
What are Sonakshi, Sunny, "Cable-stayed bridges provide outstanding architectural appearance due to their
Rajkummar up to? small diameter cables and unique overhead structure," he added.
"The peculiarity of this bridge is that the main span and back span are balanced by
cable and this bridge has been designed by Canadian Company, Infinity Engineers.
Indian Institute of Technology - New Delhi had approved the design of this bridge",
he said.
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The officer said nearly 300-tonne specially designed cables are needed for this
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bridge, which are being procured from Japan and Spain.
"The span layout is symmetric (121 meter – 350 meter – 121 meter), with pylons
positioned at the top of the river banks.
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form a secondary support system. When complete, the bridge will accommodate two
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the quick induction of the Army during emergency.
Named Atal Sethu, the bridge will also reduce the distance between Pathankote and
Basohli by more than 35 km, saving both time and fuel.
Besides boosting tourism, the bridge is stated to open up whole lot of opportunity
for commercial mining of gypsum and lime stone in addition to linking Jammu and
Kashmir with Himachal Pradesh, which will also help in developing the adjoining
districts like Kathua and Doda.
“Connectivity of an important region like Kashmir should also have an alternate axis
due to strategic reason. Therefore the ministry of defence (MOD) had decided to
develop the road -- Pathankot – Dhar – Dunera - Basohli – Bani – Bhaderwah –
Doda – Anantnag to the National Highway in 1998 as an alternate axis to the
Kashmir valley,” the officer said.
The bridge will act as a lifeline for the people of Basohli and Bani tehsils and it will
shorten the distance of travel to Punjab and HP to a great extent.
It will prove to be a tremendous boost to the socio-economic development of the

region in terms of an increase in tourism and commercial activities.
With the construction of this bridge, it will help in promotion of tourism in the area
as a large number of tourists visiting picnic spot of Dalhousie and other sight seeing
places in neighbouring HP can also visit the Ranjit Sagar Dam at Basohli provided it
is being developed as a tourist spot.
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