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The '''Chenab Bridge''' at [[Shershar]] carried the [[Sind-Sagar Railway]] Branch of the [[North- Western Railwa]]y over the River Chenab.
The 28 span box girder bridge
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=Chenab+Bridge,+Shershah&source=bl&ots=7dGiQFadrO&sig=tbg1zmukYW_YtcWh929pE8RqRRU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnzbf1sejMAhUH1BoKHdw2BZYQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Chenab%20Bridge%2C%20Shershah&f=false Google Books "The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise", page 243 by Kartar Lalvani] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>
was under construction in 1888
<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Antique-Victorian-Diagrams-Contracts/dp/B006GQ6ITO Amazon co.ok.” Drawing of Chenab Bridge, 1888”] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>
and completed c.1890 <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gOtAAAAAIAAJ Google Books “Couplings to the Khyber: the story of the North Western Railway by P. S. A. Berridge, 1969; pages 231 and 266 ] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
The construction required special civil engineering techniques developed by [[James Richard Bell]] of the [[Public Works Department]] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/scientific-american-1908-09-26/scientific-american-v99-n13-1908-09-26_djvu.txt Archive.org Scientific AmericanVol 99, Number 13, September 1908 “The narrowing of the Ganges and construction of the Curzon Bridge” , 1908] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
The Executive Engineer in 1887 on the project was [[Robert Trefusis Mallet]].
<ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA560 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523)] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
The 28 span box girder bridge
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA243&lpg=PA243&dq=Chenab+Bridge,+Shershah&source=bl&ots=7dGiQFadrO&sig=tbg1zmukYW_YtcWh929pE8RqRRU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjnzbf1sejMAhUH1BoKHdw2BZYQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Chenab%20Bridge%2C%20Shershah&f=false Google Books "The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise", page 243 by Kartar Lalvani] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>
was under construction in 1888
<ref>[https://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Antique-Victorian-Diagrams-Contracts/dp/B006GQ6ITO Amazon co.ok.” Drawing of Chenab Bridge, 1888”] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>
and completed c.1890 <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gOtAAAAAIAAJ Google Books “Couplings to the Khyber: the story of the North Western Railway by P. S. A. Berridge, 1969; pages 231 and 266 ] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
The construction required special civil engineering techniques developed by [[James Richard Bell]] of the [[Public Works Department]] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/scientific-american-1908-09-26/scientific-american-v99-n13-1908-09-26_djvu.txt Archive.org Scientific AmericanVol 99, Number 13, September 1908 “The narrowing of the Ganges and construction of the Curzon Bridge” , 1908] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
The Executive Engineer in 1887 on the project was [[Robert Trefusis Mallet]].
<ref name=name>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA560 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523)] Retrieved on 20 May 2016</ref>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
