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<big>'''Koari Bridge'''</big>
[[File:Scindia Sindia State Railway 31.png|right|400px|'''Koari Bridge''']]
It was recorded that <ref name=ICE1916>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1916.15918 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 202 Issue 1916, pp. 371-377 ‘The Reconstruction of the Koari Bridge, GIPR’ by T C Hood]; Retrieved 28 Nov 2020</ref>:-
<blockquote>“The Kaori River, a tributary of the Chambal River, is crossed by the main line of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, 788 miles from Bombay in the territory of the Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior. This portion of the line, originally the Scindia State Railway, was merged in the Inland Midland Railway, and ultimately became part of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway system.” </blockquote>.
==The Bridge==
The bridge was built in 1880 by the ‘[[Scindia Sindia State Railway]]’, which was merged into the ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’, and ultimately became part of the ‘[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]’. The bridge consisted of three spans of 100 foot (30.5mtr) clear with a 40 foot (12.2mtr) opening at each end. The structure carried a single broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) track and was of wrought-iron, the 40 foot spans of plate-girder type and 100 foot spans of Warren type main girders 105 foot long <ref name=ICE1916/>.
==Further Information==
Up to 1885 see '''[[Scindia Sindia State Railway]]'''
<br>1885 to 1900 see '''[[Indian Midland Railway]]'''
<br>From 1900 see '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''
