Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)
Yamuna Railway Bridges (Agra)
‘Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)
The ‘Yamuna Railway Bridge’ crossing the River Jumna/Yamuna at Agra was opened in 1875, and connected ‘Agra East Bank Station’ to ‘Agra Fort Station’- see separate page.
The bridge carried the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) Metre Gauge(MG) ‘Agra-Bandikui Branch Line’
The bridge also carried the ‘East Indian Railway’(EIR) and ‘‘Great Indian Peninsula Railway’(GIPR) (BG) lines
Strachey Road/Railway Bridge
The ‘Stratchey Bridge’, 600 metres south of the older bridge at Agra, was opened in 1908. It was a combined Road and Railway bridge and constructed by the ‘East Indian Railway Company’ (EIR) at a cost of Rs.16 lakhs [1].
The bridge was named after John Strachey who planned & designed the construction of bridge. The 1,024 metres (3,360 ft) long bridge was completed in 1908, taking 10 years to complete since its construction commenced in 1898. [2].
The ‘Agra City Railway Station’ was thus connected by the bridge to the ‘Jumna Bridge Station’ on the east bank.
This Broad Gauge(BG) line became the ‘EIR Agra Branch Line’
See Also
References
- ↑ The Hindu ‘ A bridge of Stories’ dated 19 Jun 2016; Retrieved 28 Jan 2021
- ↑ Wikipedia ‘John Strachey (Civil Servant) ; Retrieved 28 Jan 2021