List of Top 15 Bridges in India

If you are looking to cross an obstacle like a waterway, you will need to use some kind of bridge to do it. It serves as a means of transportation for people, vehicles, and other objects. It is almost impossible to overcome such obstacles without building a bridge or following a similar, longest route. There are many different types of bridges, each suited to a specific purpose and terrain and the requisite level of strength. Here are the top 15 bridges in India:

• Dhola Sadiya Bridge, Assam

The bridge connects Assam and Arunachal Pradesh . It is the country’s longest bridge over water at 9.15 kilometres. One of the most important rivers in north-east India(Brahmaputra) is crossed by the bridge, which connects Dhola (Tinsukia District) to Sadiya (Siddhartha District).

• Dibang River Bridge

Located in the eastern region of Arunachal Pradesh, India, the Dibang River Bridge is a beam bridge that spans the Dibang River and connects Bomjir and Malek villages. The 6.2-kilometre bridge, part of the NH13 Trans-Arunachal Highway, is India’s second-longest overwater span.

• Mahatma Gandhi Setu

An Indian bridge named after Mahatma Gandhi connects Patna to Hajipur through Bihar’s Mahatma Gandhi Setu, which spans the Ganges. As the third-longest river bridge in India, it spans over a distance of 5,750 metres. Indira Gandhi, who was prime minister at the time, presided over the opening ceremony in Hajipur in May 1982.

• Bandra-Worli Sea Link

With its 5.6 km length and eight lanes of traffic, the Sea Link connects Bandra in the western suburbs of Mumbai to Worli in the southern suburb. This is India’s fourth-longest bridge after the Bhupen Hazarika Setu, the Dibang River Bridge, and the Mahatma Gandhi Setu. There are two viaducts on either side of the bridge, a cable-stayed bridge.

• Bogibeel Bridge

To cross the Brahmaputra River between Dhemaji and Dibrugarh districts in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, the Bogibeel Bridge was built in 2002 and took 200 months to complete. It is India’s longest rail-road bridge, stretching 4.94 kilometres across the Brahmaputra.

• Vikramshila Setu

Vikramshila Setu is India’s sixth-longest suspension bridge. To connect the two highways that cross the Ganges at opposite ends, the bridge’s two lanes span 4.7 kilometres. On the Bhagalpur side, it stretches from Barari Ghat to Naugachia on the Ganges.

• Vembanad Rail Bridge

Kerala’s Vembanad Rail Bridge links Edappally and Vallarpadam. It is the second-longest railway bridge in India, with a total length of 4,620 metres. In January 2020, the freight service was reinstated after a lengthy absence. 

• Digha Sonpur Bridge

Located in Bihar’s Saran district, the Digha–Sonpur Bridge (also known as the JP Setu) connects Patna’s Digha Ghat and Sonpur’s Pahleja Ghat over the Ganga. It bears the name Jayaprakash Narayan in honour of the Indian freedom activist (J. P.). 

• Arrah Chhapra Bridge

The 1,920-metre-long Arrah–Chhapra Bridge, also known as the Veer Kunwar Singh Setu, is the world’s longest multi-span extradosed bridge. Connecting Arrah in Bhojpur district and Chhapra in Saran district of Bihar state, the bridge traverses the Ganges River. 

• Godavari Bridge

Kovur–Rajahmundry Bridge or Godavari Bridge is an arch bridge that crosses the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, India, and connects Kovvur to Rajahmundry. In terms of length, it is the third-longest road-cum-rail bridge spanning a water body in India, after the Bogibeel Bridge in Dibrugarh, north-east India, and the Digha–Sonpur Bridge in Bihar.

• Munger Ganga Bridge

Located in Munger, in the Indian state of Bihar, is the Srikrishna Setu, a rail-cum-road bridge that crosses the Ganges. The bridge links the twin cities of Munger and Jamalpur in North Bihar. Bihar now has three railroad bridges crossing the Ganges, the most recent of which is the Srikrishna Setu Munger Ganga Bridge.

• Munger Ganga Bridge

The Chahlari Ghat Bridge spans the Ghaghra River between Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, in the east and Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, in the west. It is the seventh longest river bridge in India and the longest road bridge across a river in Uttar Pradesh. Mukhtar Anis, better known as “Ganjer Ke Gandhi,” was the driving force behind it.

• Jawahar Setu

Jawahar Setu is located across the Son River between Dehri-on-Son and Son Nagar, in the Indian state of Bihar. In honour of India’s first prime leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, it carries his name. Shantaram S. Kashyap, the project’s lead engineer, developed and built it in 1963.

• Nehru Setu

Between the Bihar towns of Dehri-on-Son and Son Nagar stands the Nehru Setu railway bridge. It was built in 1963–65 and runs parallel to Nehru Setu, the road bridge that carries NH 2. Bihar’s state government approved the construction of a bridge over the Son River in 2008, which connects Arwal with Sahar.

• Kolia Bhomora Setu

Tezpur in the Sonitpur district on the northern bank and Kaliabor in the Nagaon district on the southern bank are linked by the 3.015-kilometre-long pre-stressed concrete road bridge known as the Kolia Bhomora Setu, which was built in 1987.

Conclusion

A bridge is a metal or concrete structure that connects one end of a road or railway to the other. India has some magnificent bridges. Dhubri Phulbari bridge is India’s largest river bridge. Dibang River Bridge is India’s second-largest bridge. Dhola Sadiya is India’s longest railway bridge.