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'''Taptee (Surat) Bridge BB&CIR'''
[[File: Railway Bridges over Taptee and Nerbudda Rivers.png|right|400px|Taptee (Surat) Bridge BB&CIR]]

''Note:- not to be confused with the ‘[[Taptee (Bhusawal) Viaduct GIPR ]]’ ''

Marked in the '''Blue D ''' on the map

The ‘Taptee Bridge’ near [[Surat]] was constructed to carry the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]’ and a key part of the ’[[ Bombay-Ahmadabad BB&CIR Main Line]]. The bridge opened in March 1861<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n22/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 13 (pdf22) ]; Retrieved 26 May 2020</ref>. 

The completion of the [[Nerbudda (Broach) Bridge BB&CIR|‘Nerbudda (Broach) Bridge’]] and the  [[Taptee (Surat) Bridge BB&CIR|‘Taptee (Surat) Bridge’ ]] enabled the BB&CIR Main Line from  [[Ahmadabad]] to reach [[Navsari]] in Sept 1861, [[Bombay|Bombay Grant Road]] in 1864 and [[Bombay|Bombay Backbay(Colaba)]] in 1870 

==Bridge Construction==
The Steelwork was supplied from England by Westwood, Baillie and Co in 1858
<ref>[http://wikipedia.nd.ax/wiki/Westwood,_Baillie Wikipedia ‘Westwood, Baillie and Co’]; Retrieved 26 May 2020</ref>.

The bridge was 1,875 feet in length in 30 spans <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Taptee_(Surat)_Bridge Grace’s Guide ‘Taptee (Surat) Bridge’]; Retrieved 26 May 2020</ref>.  
<br>''Fibis comment – this information is not attributed in Grace’s Guide and it has not been able to verify. ''

==Personnel==
*[[Arthur William Forde]] from 1858 to 1860 was the first engineer in India to employ the Warren girders in bridge construction, as he had already done in Ireland. <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Arthur_William_Forde  Grace’s Guide ‘Arthur William Forde’]; Retrieved 26 May 2020</ref>. 

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