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Spanning Completed 
Name Feet Traffic State City
River Name meters /Opened
DHOLA
SADIYA BRAHMAPUTRA 9150 27889 2016 ROAD ASSAM TINSUKIA
BRIDGE
Mohan Das
Karamchand Ganges 5,500 18,000 1982 Road Bihar Patna ­ Hajipur
Gandhi Setu[2]
Bandra­Worli
Mahim bay 5,575 18,291 2009 Road Maharashtra Mumbai
Sea Link[3]
Vikramshila
Ganges 4,700 15,400 2001 Road Bihar Bhagalpur
Setu[4]
Vembanad Rail
Vembanad Lake 4,620 15,160 2011 Rail Kerala Kochi
Bridge[5]
Ganga Rail­ Rail­cum­
Ganges 4,556 14,948 2016 Bihar Patna➡Sonepur
Road Bridge Road
Penumudi–
Andhra
Puligadda Krishna 4,000 13,000 2006 Road Avanigadda
Pradesh
Bridge
Munger Ganga Rail­cum­
Ganges 3,692 12,113 ­ Bihar Munger
Bridge Road
Nehru Setu[6] Son River 3,064 10,052 1900 Rail Bihar Dehri
Jawahar Setu[7] Son River 3,061 10,043 1965 Road Bihar Dehri
Kolia Bhomora Brahmaputra
3,015 9,892 1987 Road Assam Tezpur
Setu River
Korthi­Kolhar
Krishna River 3,000 9,800 2006 Road Karnataka Bijapur
Bridge[8]
Godavari Rail­cum­ Andhra
Godavari River 4,278 14,035 1970 Rajahmundry
Bridge  road Pradesh
Old Godavari
Bridge  Andhra
Godavari River 2,754 9,035 1900 Rail Rajahmundry
Now Pradesh
decommissioned[9]
Godavari Arch Andhra
Godavari River 2,745 9,006 1997/2003 Rail Rajahmundry
Bridge[9] Pradesh
Pamban Bridge Palk Strait 2,300 7,500 1988 Road Tamil Nadu Pamban Island
Naranarayan Brahmaputra Rail­cum­
2,284 7,493 1998 Assam Jogighopa
Setu[10] River road
Farakka Rail­cum­ West
Ganges 2,240 7,350 1975 Farakka
Barrage[11] road Bengal
Second
Mahanadi Rail Mahanadi River 2,100 6,900 2008 Rail Odisha Cuttack
Bridge[12]
Pamban
Palk Strait 2,065 6,775 1913 Rail Tamil Nadu Pamban Island
Bridge[13]
Sharavathi
Sharavathi River 2,060 6,760 1994 Rail Karnataka Honnavar
Bridge[14]
Rajendra Rail­cum­
Ganges 2,000 6,600 1959 Bihar Maranchi
Setu[15] road
Mahanadi
Bridge, Mahanadi River 1,950.7 6,400 1899 Rail Odisha Sonepur]

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Boudh[16]
Gautam Buddha
Gandak River 1,848 6,063 2009/2013 Road Bihar West Champaran
Bridge
Elgin Bridge Uttar
Ghaghra River 1,126.2 3,695 1896 Rail Barabanki
(Barabanki) Pradesh
Ghagra Bridge Uttar
Ghaghra River 1,100 3,600 Road Barabanki
(Road ) Pradesh
Vashi Bridge Thane Creek 1,837 6,027 1997 Road Maharashtra Mumbai
New Yamuna Uttar
Yamuna River 1,510 4,950 2004 Road Allahabad
Bridge[17] Pradesh
Vangal­
Mohanur Cauvery River 1,505 4,938 2016 Road Tamil Nadu Vangal–Mohanur
Bridge
Thanthai
Periyar Cauvery River 1,500 4,900 1971 Road Tamil Nadu Musiri–Kulithalai
Bridge[18]
Saraighat Brahmaputra Rail­cum­
1,492 4,895 1962 Assam Guwahati
Bridge[9] River road
Koilwar Rail­cum­
Son River 1,440 4,720 1862 Bihar Koilwar
Bridge[9] road
Neelathanallur­
Kumbakonam To
Madhanathur The Kollidam 1,400 4,600 2011 Road Tamil Nadu
Jayankondam
bridge
Mahanadi Bhootmundei,
Mahanadi River 1,400 4,600 1961 Road Orissa
Bridge[19] Paradip
Second
Narmada Narmada River 1,365 4,478 2000 Road Gujarat Bharuch
Bridge[20]
Prakasam Andhra
Krishna River 1,224 4,016 1885 Road Vijayawada
Barrage[21] Pradesh
Kanakadurga Andhra
Krishna River 2,200 7,200 1995 Road Vijayawada
Varadhi[22] Pradesh
Dufferin Rail­cum­ Uttar
Ganges River 1,048.5 3,440 1887 Varanasi
Bridge[23] road Pradesh
Sharavathi
Sharavathi River 1,048 3,438 1984 Road Karnataka Honnavar
Bridge[24]
Airoli
Thane Creek 1,030 3,380 1999 Road Maharashtra Mumbai
Bridge[25]
Old Naini Rail­cum­ Uttar
Yamuna River 1,006 3,301 1865 Allahabad
Bridge[26] road Pradesh
Chamravattom
Regulator­cum­ Bharathappuzha 978 3,209 2012 Road Kerala Chamravattom
Bridge[27]
Coleroon
The Kollidam 900 3,000 2012 Road Tamil Nadu Tiruchirappalli
Bridge[28]
Vivekananda West
Hooghly River 900 3,000 1932 Road Dakshineswar­Bally
Setu Bengal
Nivedita Rail­cum­ West
Hooghly River 880 2,890 2007 Dakshineswar­Bally
Setu[29] road Bengal
Chambal
Bridge Chambal River 850 2,790 2016 Road Rajasthan Dholpur

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Vidyasagar Hooghly River 822 2,697 1992 Road West Kolkata

Setu[30] Bengal
Netravati
Netravati River 804 2,638 1965 Road Karnataka Mangalore
Bridge[31]
Paramathi Velur
Bridge (NH Cauvery River 803 2,635 Road Tamil Nadu Pugalur–Velur
7)[18]
Yamuna Himachal
Yamuna River 767 2,516  ? Road Paonta Sahib
Bridge[32] Pradesh
Jajmau Uttar
Ganges River 720 2,360 2011 Road Jajmau
Bridge[33] Pradesh
Howrah West
Hooghly River 705 2,313 1943 Road Kolkata
Bridge[34] Bengal
Garmukteswar Rail­cum­ Uttar
Ganges River 671 2,201 1901 Garhmukteshwar
Bridge[9] Road Pradesh
Lav Kush align="right" | Uttar
Ganges River 621 2,037 Road Kanpur
Barrage 2000 Pradesh

See also
List of longest bridges in the world
List of bridges in India

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