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[[File:Netravati Railway Bridge.png|thumb| Netravati Railway Bridge]]
The '''Netravati Bridge''' opened in July 1907
<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n145/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 136 (pdf145)]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020</ref> and carried the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) ‘[[Madras Railway]]’ over the Netravati River to [[Mangalore]] to complete the ‘[[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]]’.
<br>On 1 Jan 1908 this section was transferred to the ‘[[South Indian Railway]]’ and became the [[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR_System_Broad_Gauge| ‘SIR Boad Gauge Mainline’]].
The river is also named the ‘Ullal River’ in some records <ref name=Debroy>[https://www.rediff.com/money/report/must-see-indias-oldest-railway-bridges/20170306.htm Redff.com ‘The ancient heritage behond our railway bridges’ by Bibek Debroy]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020</ref>.
==The Bridge==
The railway crosses the estuary of the river about 2 miles(3.2km) from its mouth, at this point where it is 6200 feet(1.9 km) wide between its banks <ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1908.17545 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 174 Issue 1908, January 1908, pp. 41-52 ‘The Netravati Bridge at Mangalore by A.S.Napier]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020</ref>.
The bridge is 0.83km (2762 feet) long <ref name=Debroy/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
The '''Netravati Bridge''' opened in July 1907
<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n145/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 136 (pdf145)]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020</ref> and carried the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) ‘[[Madras Railway]]’ over the Netravati River to [[Mangalore]] to complete the ‘[[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]]’.
<br>On 1 Jan 1908 this section was transferred to the ‘[[South Indian Railway]]’ and became the [[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR_System_Broad_Gauge| ‘SIR Boad Gauge Mainline’]].
The river is also named the ‘Ullal River’ in some records <ref name=Debroy>[https://www.rediff.com/money/report/must-see-indias-oldest-railway-bridges/20170306.htm Redff.com ‘The ancient heritage behond our railway bridges’ by Bibek Debroy]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020</ref>.
==The Bridge==
The railway crosses the estuary of the river about 2 miles(3.2km) from its mouth, at this point where it is 6200 feet(1.9 km) wide between its banks <ref>[https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1908.17545 Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 174 Issue 1908, January 1908, pp. 41-52 ‘The Netravati Bridge at Mangalore by A.S.Napier]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2020</ref>.
The bridge is 0.83km (2762 feet) long <ref name=Debroy/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railway Constructions]]
