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[[File:Railway Bridges over Nerbudda River East.png| right|400px| Nerbudda Bridge (Itarsi-Jubblepore) GIPR]]
Date of opening with reference added
'''Nerbudda Bridge (Itarsi-Jubblepore) GIPR'''
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<br>In order to provide clarity Fibis have use the adjacent (Town) and the Railway Company in each Bridge description.
The '''‘Nerbudda Bridge’''' on the ‘[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]’ [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_North_East_Mainline| ‘GIPR Itasari-Jubbulpur Section’ ]] was built during 1863-66 when that section of the line was constructed. It consisted of five 150-foot (46 mtr) spans and three 40-foot (12 mtr) masonry arches at each end <ref name=Vol232>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1931.13476 ‘Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Vol 232, 1931 pages 155 ’Reconstruction of the Nerbudda Bridge on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway’]; Retrieved 29 May 2020</ref>and opened through to [[Jubbulpore]] in 1870<ref name=Admin>[https://archive. org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n74/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf74)]; Retrieved 17 June 2020</ref>. The bridge consisted of five 150-foot (46 mtr) spans and three 40-foot (12 mtr) masonry arches at each <ref name=Vol232/>
It had been intended to reconstruct this bridge on a new alignment during 1927-29, it was however destroyed by a flood on 21 Sept 1926 and a temporary single track trestle was built<ref name=Vol232/>. The bridge was reconstructed by 1931.
