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'''Muttra Bridge''' over the Jumna River Jumna<br>The modern names for the town is ‘Mathura’ and the ‘Yamuna River’.

The construction of this bridge is reported to have been undertaken Bridge was constructed by the ‘[[James Richard BellCawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway]] ’ and opened in his Obituary of the '1914 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries' July 1884 <refname=Admin>[https://wwwarchive.gracesguide.co.ukorg/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n31/mode/James_Richard_Bell 'Grace's Guide' "James Richard Bell"1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 22 (pdf31) ]; Retrieved 3 May 201829 Nov 2020</ref> which states:- completing the connection between [[Cawnpore]] and [[Muttra]] and onward connection to [[Achnera]].

JAMES RICHARD BELL died at Ightham, KentThe metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway and the bridge was absorbed by the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]’(BB&CIR) on 8th April 1907 becoming the 14th July[[Bombay, 1913_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Network_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#MG_Lines_-_owned_and_operated_by_BB. Born at Wick in 1841, he joined the Indian Public Works service in 186826CIR| ‘Cawnpore-Achnera BB&CIR Main Line’]].

At first employed in the Madras Presidency, he was later transferred ==Background==Prior to the State Railways department opening of India, in which service he remained until his retirement in 1896. He gained a high reputation in the construction of bridges, amongst bridge the more notable structures erected Jumna River was crossed by him being the ‘[[Empress Muttra Bridgeof Boats, Jumna River]] over the Sutlej, the ’ <ref>[[Muttra Bridge]] https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho000000011u00060000.html ‘Bridge of boats across the Jumna, [[Ferozepur Bridge]] and the [[Sher Shah Bridge]at Muttra’] over the Chenab. He also devised successful means for training rivers by means of bunds.; Retrieved 29 Nov 2020</ref>

==Construction==The construction of this bridge is reported to have been undertaken by [[James Richard Bell]] in his Obituary in the '1914 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries' <ref>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/James_Richard_Bell 'Grace'This s Guide' "James Richard Bell") ]; Retrieved 3 May 2018</ref> which states:-  “JAMES RICHARD BELL died at Ightham, Kent, on the 14th July, 1913. Born at Wick in 1841, he joined the Indian Public Works service in 1868.<br>At first employed in the Madras Presidency, he was later transferred to the State Railways department of India, in which service he remained until his retirement in 1896. He gained a high reputation in the construction of bridges, amongst the more notable structures erected by him being the [[Empress Bridge]] over the Sutlej, the [[Muttra Bridge]] across the Jumna, [[Ferozepur Bridge]] and the [[Sher Shah Bridge]] over the Chenab. He also devised successful means for training rivers by means of bunds.” ''No further information concerning the design and construction of the bridge has not been investigate and is still pendingfound''