Netravati Railway Bridge
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The Netravati Bridge opened in July 1907
[1] and carried the broad gauge(BG) ‘Madras Railway’ over the Netravati River to Mangalore to complete the ‘Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline’.
On 1 Jan 1908 this section was transferred to the ‘South Indian Railway’ and became the ‘SIR Boad Gauge Mainline’.
The river is also named the ‘Ullal River’ in some records [2].
The Bridge
The railway crosses the estuary of the river about 2 miles(3.2km) from its mouth, at this point where it is 6200 feet(1.9 km) wide between its banks [3].
The bridge is 0.83km (2762 feet) long [2].
References
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 136 (pdf145); Retrieved 13 Dec 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Redff.com ‘The ancient heritage behond our railway bridges’ by Bibek Debroy; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020
- ↑ Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 174 Issue 1908, January 1908, pp. 41-52 ‘The Netravati Bridge at Mangalore by A.S.Napier; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020