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''Note – to avoid confusion Fibis have adopted the following titles'':-
* ‘Kistna Viaduct', Raichur(GIPR) the subject of this page. Also known as the ‘Kristna Bridge, GIPR’
* ‘[[Kistna Bridge, Bezwada(ECR)| 'Kistna Bridge', Bezwada(ECR)]]
[[File:Kistna Viaduct Map.png|right|400px| ‘Kistna Viaduct’]]
The Kistna Viaduct crossing the Kistna River near [[Raichur]] was constructed by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) and opened in May 1871 to complete the [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_South_East_Mainline|'GIPR South-East Mainline']] to [[Raichur]].
==Later Reconstruction==
[[File:Kistna Viaduct GIPR c.1935.png|thumb| Kistna Viaduct GIPR c.1935, following reconstruction]]
The 1934-35 ‘Annual Report for Railways’ <ref>[https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/18155 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1934-35. Vol. I; Railway Department, Government of India” page 33 para 41 (ii) pdf 51]; Retrieved 5 Nov 2020</ref> described this as the ‘Krishna Bridge GIPR’ and states “to allow for the intensive use of heavy locomotives on the Sholapur Division, Great Indian Peninsula Railway’, it was found necessary to regirder the Krishna bridge consisting of 36 x 103 foot spans. The girders of this bridge were of wrought iron and nearly 66 years old and necessitated a restriction both in the weight and speed of trains. It was decided to regirder them at a cost of about Rs.9½ lakhs using converted girders released from other bridges”
The 1936-37 ‘Annual Report for Railways’ <ref>[http://hdl.handle.net/10973/18160 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37. Vol. I; Railway Department, Government of India” page31 pdf 43]; Retrieved 5 Nov 2020</ref> gives a photograph with the caption “Great Indian Peninsula Railway – General View of the new Krisishna Bridge”
