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'''Girders:''' The girders were 200 feet(61 mtr) in clear span of single triangulation ‘N’ type; the length of the bays was 25 feet 9 inches (7.85 mtr). The weight of steelwork in one span, including the roadway flooring, was 320 tons. The spans were erected with one fixed and one rolling end on each pier. Thje girders were designed by the consulting engineers to the India Office [[Alexander Meadows Rendel| (Sir A Rendel & Co)]] and were made in England under their supervision. <ref>ibid Page 32-33</ref>
'''Railway:''' The building of Pier No.2 had been delayed and not finished until 31 May 1905 and the final girders were placed by 10 June and the bridge opened for rail traffic on 15 June 1905. <ref>ibid Page 33</ref>
'''Roadway:''' The Government of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh desired a roadway of a metalled road 15 feet(4.6 mtr) in width and two timber footpaths each 4 feet 1 inch (1.25mtr) in width. The roadway was carried from the approach banks onto the top booms by steel viaducts, designed by the author, [[Robert Richard Gales]] <ref>ibid Page 37</ref>
