Madras Railway Bridges and Constructions

Madras Railway Bridges and Constructions

This listing is not complete.

1858-59 Report

The following is recorded in “Railways in India for the year 1858-59” for the ‘Madras Railway - Physical Difficulties’ .

• “South-West Coast Line – The country through which the lines to the western coast passes is generally favourable for railway operations, the only difficulties being the rivers, the principal of which are:-
  • ‘Polney Viaduct’ - masonry - see separate page
  • Gorriattum River Bridge - masonry
  • Palar River Bridge - masonry and iron
  • Cauvery River Bridge- masonry and iron
  • Thootha River Bridge - masonry and iron
  • Kuddulhoondy River Bridge - masonry"

The above statement refers to the ‘Madras-Jalarpet South West Mainline’ and the ‘Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline’ - see separate page' which opened from Madras in stages from 1856 onwards, via Arkonam, reaching Jalarpet in 1680 and later extended

• “Bellary and Moodgul Line where it joins that from Bombay – This line is not so free of difficulties. It is intersected by twelve rivers, requiring upwards of 3 miles(5km) of bridging, and is crossed by two ranges of hills, one of which can only be surmounted by severe gradients.”

The above statement refers to the ‘Arkonam-Raichur North West Mainline’ - see separate page, which opened from Arkonamin 1862 , reaching Ballary in 1870 and crossing the Tungabhadra River it reach Raichur in 1871

Further Information

• See ‘Madras Railway’ Main page
• and ‘Madras Railway’ - Lines owned and worked