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02/05/23 09:24 AM IST

India’s first cable-stayed Anji-Khad Rail Bridge

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  • The Anji-Khad rail bridge, India’s first cable-stayed rail bridge, is ready. The first bridge of its kind is made of 96 cables in total.
About Anji-khad Bridge
  • This is India's first cable-stayed rail bridge, which has 96 cables. The total length of cable strands is 653 km.
  • The bridge connects Katra and Reasi and required detailed geological investigations from IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi to navigate the complex and fragile terrain of the
  • Himalayan mountain slopes.
  • Due to space restrictions on the Katra end, a special hybrid foundation was developed to stabilize the foundation of the main span.
  • To simplify construction and consider typical conditions, the 725.5-meter bridge was divided into four parts: the 120-meter-long ancillary viaduct on the Reasi side, a 38-meter-long approach bridge on the Katra end.
  • The main cable-stayed bridge with a length of 473.25 meters and a central span of 290 meters, and the 94.25-meter-long central embankment located between the ancillary viaduct and the main bridge, which connects tunnels T2 and T3 on the Katra-Banihal Section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project.
  • It has an asymmetrical design, with a total deck width of 15 meters, and is supported by 96 cables with lengths ranging from 82 meters to 295 meters.
  • The main pylon utilized 40-meter-deep micropiles and a 20-meter hybrid well foundation.
  • Designed to withstand heavy storms with strong winds of up to 213 km/h, the Anji Khad Bridge can accommodate a single railway line and a 3.75-meter-wide service road, with a 1.5-meter-wide footpath on each side of the deck.
  • To ensure worker safety and increase efficiency while saving construction time, advanced equipment such as the DOKA Jump-Form Shuttering and Pump Concreting Systems have been utilized.
Source- India Today

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