Taptee (Surat) Bridge BB&CIR
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[1].
The completion of the ‘Nerbudda (Broach) Bridge’ and the ‘Taptee (Surat) Bridge’ enabled the BB&CIR Main Line from Ahmadabad to reach Navsari in Sept 1861, Bombay Grant Road in 1864 and Bombay Backbay(Colaba) in 1870
Bridge Construction
The Steelwork was supplied from England by Westwood, Baillie and Co in 1858 [2].
The bridge was 1,875 feet in length in 30 spans [3].
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. [4].
References
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 13 (pdf22) ; Retrieved 26 May 2020
- ↑ Wikipedia ‘Westwood, Baillie and Co’; Retrieved 26 May 2020
- ↑ Grace’s Guide ‘Taptee (Surat) Bridge’; Retrieved 26 May 2020
- ↑ Grace’s Guide ‘Arthur William Forde’; Retrieved 26 May 2020