World’sHighestRailway

bridgeinIndia(Kashmir)

Sk.Jannath Hussain
17F11A0147
IV year
Narayana Engineering
College,Gudur
CHENAB BRIDGE
 ABSTRACT
*Indian Railways has undertaken the mega-project of construction
of a new railway line in the State of Jammu and Kasmir. The
project includes a large number of tunnels and bridges which are
to be implemented in highly rugged and mountainous terrain. The
alignment crosses a deep gorge of the Chenab River, which
necessitates construction of a long-span railway bridge. The main
feature of the Chenab Bridge is its 467 metres long steel arch main
span located about 320 metres above the surface of the river. The
paper describes mainly the conceptual design, but partly also the
structural design of this bridge. In the design work both national
Indian codes as well as several international codes had to be
followed considering that the design standards match the
construction standards.
 Introduction
Jammu
 and Kashmir has limited surface accessibility to the rest of the

country.

Providing
 a reliable transport system crossing major earthquake

zones which is subjected to extreme temperatures making it the most

difficult railway project taken in India.

Already
 existing road link is 350 km long – NH 1 A.

Rail
 link : 345 km in length running from Jammu to Baramulla.

Declared
 as a Project of national importance in 2002.

Facing
 many problems in completion and the project estimated cost is

escalated to many folds.

 *Description of bridge
 Deck height (height above river) - 359 m (1,178
ft.)
 Bridge length - 1,315 m (4,314 ft.)
 Arch span - 485m (1,532 ft.)
 Total number of span – 17
 Maximum height of pier - 133.7m
 *SITE OF BRIDGE
* Site is located in mountainous region of Jammu Kashmir.
 Objectives

*The design of the main arch requires

consideration of a number of additional
parameters, such as fatigue, global stability,
second order effects, composite action, etc.
* It also requires that such a bridge is designed to
achieve a consistent level of reliability for all
load cases.
* The design standards match the construction
standards. That has been considered in the
current design work as well.