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[[File: Ganges Railway Bridge, Cawnpore.png|thumb| Ganges Railway Bridge, Cawnpore ]]
‘Ganges Railway Bridge, Cawnpore’ opened 15 Jul 1875
<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n140/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 131 (pdf 140)]; Retrieved 27 Oct 2020</ref> by the ‘[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]’ (O&RR) and constructed as a combined road/rail bridge crossing the River Ganges to bring the O&RR line from [[Lucknow]] into [[Cawnpore]] Town to connect to the ‘[[East Indian Railway]] [[Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line]]’
The 42 miles(68km) line from [[Lucknow]] to the left bank of the Ganges River near [[Cawnpore]] opened in 1867. The line had been constructed by the ‘[[Indian Branch Railway]]’ which become the O&RR in 1872.
Prior to this date [[Jajmau near Cawnpore, Ganges River Crossing| the River Ganges was crossed at Jajmau near Cawnpore by using the ‘Bridge of Boats’ and a Ferry ]] to carry passengers and goods across the river to Cawnpore Town. This continued until the opening of the bridge in 1875.
==Bridge Construction==
The structure consisted of twenty-five spans of 100 ft each(30.5mtr) and two land spans of 41 ft each(12.8mtr). The roadway is 9 ft wide(2.7mtr)and carried on the bottom flange of the main open box girders, the top carrying a single line of railway. The construction was very unusual and was undertaken from the Cawnpore end only as there were no facilities on the further bank. The method of construction is fully described in an 1872 article <ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/meorarb.51454.0045 Institution of Civil Engineers ‘Modern examples of Road and Railway Bridges ...’, page 145 by William H Maw and James Dred, 1872]; Retrieved 27 Oct 2020</ref> .
==Later Developments==
Wikipedia records that the called the ‘Unnao-Kanpur Bridge’ and that “This bridge built by the British, is a twin bridge, i.e. it is two storied, the upper one is for vehicles and lower one is for foot walkers. But now it is open only for foot walkers and cyclists. Also two new bridges have been constructed, one for vehicles and other for railway trains”
<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/109030/Unnao-Kanpur-Bridge-BR-3 Wikimapia ‘Unnao-Kanpur Bridge’]; Retrieved 27 Oct 2020</ref> .
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category: Railway Constructions]]
‘Ganges Railway Bridge, Cawnpore’ opened 15 Jul 1875
<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n140/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 131 (pdf 140)]; Retrieved 27 Oct 2020</ref> by the ‘[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]’ (O&RR) and constructed as a combined road/rail bridge crossing the River Ganges to bring the O&RR line from [[Lucknow]] into [[Cawnpore]] Town to connect to the ‘[[East Indian Railway]] [[Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line]]’
The 42 miles(68km) line from [[Lucknow]] to the left bank of the Ganges River near [[Cawnpore]] opened in 1867. The line had been constructed by the ‘[[Indian Branch Railway]]’ which become the O&RR in 1872.
Prior to this date [[Jajmau near Cawnpore, Ganges River Crossing| the River Ganges was crossed at Jajmau near Cawnpore by using the ‘Bridge of Boats’ and a Ferry ]] to carry passengers and goods across the river to Cawnpore Town. This continued until the opening of the bridge in 1875.
==Bridge Construction==
The structure consisted of twenty-five spans of 100 ft each(30.5mtr) and two land spans of 41 ft each(12.8mtr). The roadway is 9 ft wide(2.7mtr)and carried on the bottom flange of the main open box girders, the top carrying a single line of railway. The construction was very unusual and was undertaken from the Cawnpore end only as there were no facilities on the further bank. The method of construction is fully described in an 1872 article <ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/meorarb.51454.0045 Institution of Civil Engineers ‘Modern examples of Road and Railway Bridges ...’, page 145 by William H Maw and James Dred, 1872]; Retrieved 27 Oct 2020</ref> .
==Later Developments==
Wikipedia records that the called the ‘Unnao-Kanpur Bridge’ and that “This bridge built by the British, is a twin bridge, i.e. it is two storied, the upper one is for vehicles and lower one is for foot walkers. But now it is open only for foot walkers and cyclists. Also two new bridges have been constructed, one for vehicles and other for railway trains”
<ref>[http://wikimapia.org/109030/Unnao-Kanpur-Bridge-BR-3 Wikimapia ‘Unnao-Kanpur Bridge’]; Retrieved 27 Oct 2020</ref> .
==References==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category: Railway Constructions]]
