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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://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>
*'The bridge over the Jumna at Allahabad was opened for traffic on the 15th August, 1865. It had taken nearly 8 years to construct and its completion wm a subject for much congratulation ; it was the middle link in the long chain of unbroken communication established by the East Indian Railway, for the first time in the history of India, between the right bank of the Hooghly at Calcutta and the left bank of the Jumna at Delhi. Mr. Sibley, the Chief Engineer of the North-West Provinces and Messrs. Collett and Donne, the District and Assistant Engineers and the subordinate staff under them received the thanks of Government and the encomiums of the Board.'
The bridge opened in 1865 to provide a through line from [[Howrah]] (on the right bank of the Hoogly River facing [[Calcutta]]) to [[Agra]] (on the left bank of the Jamuna River facing [[Agra]], a line length of 1017 miles(1630km)
