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The PNSR with threee associated bridges, was the first attempt of railway construction under the newly formed [[Railway_Branch_-_PWD|Public Works Department - Railway Branch]]. <br>The bridges were :-* ‘[[Alexandra Bridge]]’ over the River Chenab* ‘[[Jhelum Bridge]]’, over the River Jhelum * ‘[[Ravi Bridge]]’, over the River Ravi The bridge was constructed by the PNSR in accordance with Government Railway Gauge policy at the time [[Rail_gauge#Gauge_Question|(''See separate page ‘Railway Gauge’ '')]]. This policy was reversed in Jan 1874 and the conversion of this section to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) was completed in 1876 The details of the construction are fully given in the ‘Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1878’ <ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1878.22416?src=recsys ‘Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Volume 54 Issue 1878, 1878, pp. 61>"]; Retrieved on 15 Nov 2020</ref>. ==Personnel==*[[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] was deployed from the Indian Imperial Civil Service's engineering section in 1873 as Consulting Engineer for the survey of the PNSR and the construction of various parts of that Railway and Bridges, including the Ravi Bridge.  ==Further Information==See '''[[Punjab Northern State Railway]] ''' for information and map showing location of ‘Ravi Bridge’ and other PNSR Bridges<br>and '''[[North Western Railway]]''' for information after 1886