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[[File:Naini Bridge - Photograph 1 Wikipedia.png|thumb|Naini Bridge – Photograph 1 Wikipedia]]
'''Naini Bridge''' also known as the '''Jamuna Bridge''' or '''Jumna Bridge''' in some old records. ''see footnote''.
The Naini Bridge is also now called the "Old Yamuna Naini Bridge (Allahabad)" to distinguish it from the [[Yamuna Railway Bridge (Delhi)]]<ref name=Wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Naini_Bridge Wikipedia "Old Naini Bridge"]; Retrieved 29 Nov 2020</ref>.
Photograph 1 described as "Railway Bridge across the Jumna at Allahabad" taken by photographer Samuel Bourne (1834 -1912) as given in Wikipedia<ref name=Wiki/>. [[File:Naini Bridge - Photograph 2 Royal Collection.png|thumb| Naini Bridge - Photograph 2 Royal Collection]]Photograph 2 described as “Mahahare Railway Bridge” taken by photographer Samuel Bourne (1834 -1912) in the Royal Collection Trust ‘Mahahare Railway Bridge at Allahabad (near view)’: Prince of Wales Tour of India 1875-6. These two photographs show that are of the same Bridge, the origin of Mahahare has not been determined. ==The Bridge==The original Naini Bridge is one of the longest and oldest bridges in India, carrying the ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’(EIR) and crossed the Jamuna River at Naini, near [[Allahabad]]<ref name=name>[https:Wiki//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Naini_Bridge Wikipedia "Old Naini Bridge"]; Retrieved 23 Apr 2016</ref>.
[[G Sibley]], Chief Engineer, was the Engineer-in-Charge of construction and the following is stated in the "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone page 42 <ref>[https://ia801404.us.archive.org/16/items/historyeastindi00huddgoog/historyeastindi00huddgoog.pdf Archive.org "History of the East Indian Railway ..." by George Huddlestone, page 42]; Retrieved 9un 2016</ref>
In 1927-29, the old girders were replaced by new ones and the lower deck was added for roadway services. The upper deck being the two lane railway line which connects Naini Junction railway station to Allahabad Junction railway station
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''Footnote - The Jamuna River, also in some documents named Jumna River is now called the Yamuna River''
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
