Construction of the world’s tallest railway bridge with
the tallest pillar — it’ll be 141 metres-high — has begun near Noney in
Manipur, said Northeast Frontier Railway Construction Organisation in a
release issued here on Monday.
The bridge, which
spans over a gorge with an overall length of about 700 meters, is part
of the 111-km long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal broad gauge railway line under
construction that will connect Manipur’s capital Imphal with the
country’s railway network.
“This bridge is slated to
become the tallest in the world from the point of view of pillar height
surpassing the existing tallest of Mala-Rijeka viaduct on Belgrade-Bar
railway line in Europe where the height of pillars is 139 m,” senior
Public Relations Officer, Construction, D.C. Borah said in the release.
