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The '''Alfred Viaduct''' carried the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) mainline from [[Bombay]] to meet the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) at [[Jubbulpore]], hence connecting [[Bombay]] to [[Calcutta]] when the line opened in 1870.
[[File:Alfred Viaduct Construcion - R M Brereton's workforce.jpg|right|thumb|R M Brereton's workforce <ref name=Brereton>[https://archive.org/streamdetails/reminisencesofo00brer#page/8/mode/2up Archive.org reminiscencesofo00brer "Reminiscences of an old English civil engineer, 1858-1908" by Robert Maitland Brereton ]; page 8 and pages 49-52] Retrieved 10, retrieved on 1 Jul 2016</ref>]]. The viaduct is a single line girder bridge supported by 6 massive pillars and single line railway over the Tawa River near Bagra Tawa Station on the [[Bhusawal]] to [[Jubbulpore]] section of the GIPR. In some records it is named the '''Bagratawa railway bridge''' and also the '''Towa Viaduct'''.
