Godavari Bridge

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Bridge in Rajahmundry

Godavari Bridge

The Godavari Bridge

Coordinates| 16°59′52″N 81°45′21″E﻿ / ﻿16.99778°N 81.75583°E﻿ / 16.99778; 81.75583
Carries| Two lanes of Road and Single Railway line.
Crosses| Godavari River
Locale| Rajahmundry
Other name(s)| Rajahmundry–Kovvur Bridge
Preceded by| The Havelock Bridge
Followed by| Godavari Arch Bridge
Characteristics
Design| Truss Bridge
Total length| 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Longest span| 91.5 metres (300 ft)
No. of spans| 27
History
Engineering design by| Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
Opened| 16 August 1974; 50 years ago (16 August 1974)
Location

The Godavari Bridge or Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bridge is a truss bridge spanning the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, India. It is India's fourth longest road-cum-rail bridge crossing a water body, the first one being the Bogibeel Bridge over the Brahmaputra in Assam,[1] and second is Digha–Sonpur Bridge over the Ganga in Bihar.

The Godavari bridge is 4.1 kilometers (2.8 km Rail part & 4.1 km Road part) long consisting of 27 spans of 91.5 m and 7 spans of 45.72 m of which 6 spans of 45.72m are in 6 deg. curve at long Rajahmundry end to make up for the built up area. The bridge has a road deck over the single track rail deck, similar to the Grafton Bridge in New South Wales, Australia. This bridge, in addition to Godavari Arch Bridge, has been widely used to represent Rajahmundry in arts, media, and culture. It is one of the recognised symbols of Rajahmundry.[2]

## Geography

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The road-cum-rail bridge is built across the Godavari River (largest river in South India at over 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) length) as it enters into the deltaic reach before debouching into the sea 60 kilometres (37 mi) downstream of the bridge, the second largest river in India. At the location of the bridge, near Rajahmundry, the river flows with a width of about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi), split in two channels with an island formation in between. The maximum discharge observed in the river is reported to be around 3 million m3/s and the maximum velocity of water flow as 5 metres (16 ft) per second.

## History

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### Construction

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During the Third Five-Year plan doubling of railway track between Chennai-Howrah was planned. Most of the route had been doubled except the small stretch of track between Kovvur and Rajahmundry where a bridge had to be built to span the three kilometer long Godavari River. During 1964, the construction of second bridge across Godavari River at Rajahmundry was sanctioned as a part of doubling of track between Kovvur and Rajahmundry. But there had been a persistent demand from local population for construction of a road link between Kovvur and Rajahmundry, which would essentially link East Godavari and West Godavari districts. The Andhra Pradesh State Government came forward with the proposal to add a road deck over the rail bridge under construction as a part of doubling the railway track between Chennai-Howrah.[3]

It was commissioned by South Central Railway division of Indian Railways. Construction of the bridge began in the early 1970s by Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company, a group company of Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited.[4] When completed it was Asia's longest rail -cum- road bridge.

It was inaugurated by the then President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed in 1974.

## Sister bridges

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### Old Godavari bridge

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The Old Godavari Bridge or Havelock Bridge was built in 1900 by Mr.F.T.G.Walton, now decommissioned, this bridge has 56 spans and is 2754 m long. It was constructed with stone masonry and steel girders and certainly a marvel of British engineering. The New Godavari Bridge was made as a substitute for it.

### Godavari arch bridge

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Godavari Arch Bridge is the third bridge constructed near Rajahmundry. Constructed by the Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), this bridge is a modern-day engineering feat. The bridge is made of bow string girder arches. The bridge is fit for 350 km/h rail services. It was commissioned for passenger traffic in March 1997 and became fully operational for running trains by the Indian Railways from 2003.

### Fourth Godavari bridge

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New Kovvur–Rajahmundry 4th Bridge was opened to traffic in 2015.[5]

## Panorama

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## See also

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* List of road-rail bridges
* List of longest bridges in the world
* List of longest bridges above water in India

## Gallery

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* Sunset View at Cotton Barrage in Rajamahendravaram City.

* Sunset at the Bridge

* Sunset at the Bridge

* Starting of the bridge. Notice the elevated road going over the bridge to join it.

* Stretch of Godavari Bridge. This is only the half of the bridge

## References

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1. ^ "Bogibeel: India's longest rail-road bridge has lifespan of around 120 years". 23 December 2018.
2. ^ "Thehindubusinessline.in".
3. ^ R.R., Bhandari. Bridges: A Spectacular Feat of Indian Engineering (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
4. ^ "Godavari Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
5. ^ "Fourth bridge across Godavari". The Hindu newspaper. Retrieved 8 May 2018.

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Godavari basin

Rivers|

| Major tributaries|

* Godavari
* Pranhita
* Indravati
* Sabari
* Manjira
* Manair
* Wardha
* Wainganga
* Penganga

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Minor tributaries|

* Pravara
* Kinnerasani
* Purna
* Sileru
* Sindphana
* Taliperu

Sub-tributaries|

* Adan
* Banganga
* Bindusara
* Darna
* Kadva
* Kanhan
* Kolar
* Nasardi
* Pench
* Purna
* Shivana

Dams, barrages|

* Jayakwadi Dam
* Majalgaon Dam
* Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
* Sriram Sagar Project
* Nizam Sagar
* Upper Wardha Dam
* Singur Reservoir
* Neher water system
* Dowleswaram Barrage
* Balimela Reservoir
* Devadula lift irrigation scheme
* Upper Dudhana Dam
* Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects
* Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Project
* Sitamma Sagar Barrage
* Tummidihetti Barrage
* Sammakka Barrage
* Sadarmat Barrage

Geographical
features / regions|

* Marathwada
* Vidarbha
* Coastal Andhra
* Konaseema
* Deccan Plateau
* Western Ghats
* Eastern Ghats

Riparian districts|

| Maharashtra|

* Nashik
* Ahmednagar
* Aurangabad
* Parbhani
* Nanded
* Gadchiroli
* Beed
* Amravati
* Bhandara
* Gondia
* Chandrapur
* Wardha
* Nagpur
* Yavatmal
* Washim
* Buldhana
* Hingoli

|

Madhya Pradesh|

* Balaghat
* Seoni
* Betul
* Chhindwara

Odisha|

* Kalahandi
* Koraput
* Malkangiri

Chhattisgarh|

* Bastar
* Bijapur

Karnataka|

* Bidar

Telangana|

* Medak
* Sangareddy
* Siddipet
* Nizamabad
* Kamareddy
* Adilabad
* Nirmal
* Mancherial
* Komaram Bheem
* Karimnagar
* Jagtial
* Peddapalli
* Rajanna Sircilla
* Hanamkonda
* Warangal
* Jayashankar Bhupalpally
* Jangaon
* Mahabubabad
* Bhadradri Kothagudem
* Khammam

Andhra Pradesh|

* Alluri Sitharama Raju
* Eluru
* West Godavari
* East Godavari
* Kakinada
* Konaseema

Cities|

* Nashik
* Nagpur
* Nanded
* Rajahmundry
* Warangal
* Koraput
* Bastar
* Bidar

Languages / people|

* Indo-Aryan languages
* Marathi
* Bhili
* Khandeshi
* Andh
* Banjari
* Odia
* Bhunjia
* Hindi
* Dravidian languages
* Kolami
* Goni
* Telugu
* Kannadiga
* Duruwa
* Multani
* Urdu

Coalfields|

* Godavari Valley Coalfield
* Wardha Valley Coalfield
* Kamptee Coalfield
* Pench Kanhan Coalfield

Oil / gas fields|

* Krishna Godavari Basin
* Ravva oil field

Industries|

* Khaparkheda Thermal Power Station
* Koradi Thermal Power Station
* Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station
* Wardha Warora Power Plant
* Lanco Vidarbha Power Plant
* Nashik Thermal Power Station
* Dhariwal Power Station
* RattanIndia Nashik Thermal Power Station
* Kothagudem Thermal Power Station
* Kakatiya Thermal Power Station
* Parli Thermal Power Station
* NTPC Ramagundam
* NTPC Mauda
* Ramagundam B Thermal Power Station
* Tiroda Thermal Power Station
* Butibori Power Project
* Heavy Water Plant, Manuguru
* Waluj MIDC
* Shendra MIDC
* Shendra – Bidkin Industrial Park
* Ballarpur Industries
* HAL Sunabeda
* NALCO Damanjodi

Transport|

| Highways and railways|

* NH 16 (old NH 5)
* old NH 6
* NH 44 (old NH 7)
* Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways
* Visakhapatnam–Vijayawada section
* Bilaspur–Nagpur section
* Nagpur–Hyderabad line

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Bridges on Godavari|

* Godavari Bridge
* Old Godavari Bridge
* Godavari Arch Bridge
* Godavari Fourth Bridge

Pollution concerns,
river basin's sustainable
productivity & ecology|

* Algal bloom in reservoirs
* High alkalinity of river water in the river basin upstream of Pochampadu dam
* Frequent floods in tail end area of the river basin
* Alkali salts / high pH water run off from ash / red mud dumps of coal fired power stations / bauxite ore enrichment
* Excessive silting of reservoirs due to deforestation and mining activities

Related topics|

* Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal

Other basins|

* Mahanadi–Brahmani–Baitarani
* Damodar
* Kosi
* Narmada
* Son
* Krishna
* Penna

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East Godavari district

District headquarters|

* Rajahmundry

Revenue divisions|

* Kovvur revenue division
* Rajahmundry revenue division

Mandals|

* Ambajipuram
* Anaparthi
* Biccavolu
* Chagallu
* Devarapalle
* Gokavaram mandal
* Gopalapuram
* Kadiam
* Korukonda
* Kovvur
* Nallajerla
* Nidadavolu
* Peravali
* Rajahmundry Rural
* Rajahmundry Urban
* Rajanagaram
* Rangampeta
* Seethanagaram
* Undrajavaram

Cities|

* Rajahmundry

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