{"id":100187,"date":"2021-04-06T16:44:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T11:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=100187"},"modified":"2021-04-06T19:25:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T13:55:54","slug":"railways-completes-arch-closure-of-chenab-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/railways-completes-arch-closure-of-chenab-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Railways Completes Arch Closure of &#8220;Chenab bridge&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What is the News? The <\/strong>Indian Railways completes the Arch closure of the iconic Chenab Bridge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Chenab Bridge:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Chenab Bridge<\/strong> is an Indian railway steel and concrete arch bridge. It is under the construction between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Length: <\/strong>The bridge is being constructed over the Chenab River. It is 1315 m long and at a height of 359 m over the river bed level.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Part of: <\/strong>The bridge is a part of 272 km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link project(USBRL). The Northern Railway is constructing it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features: <\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The steel arch is an important part of the bridge. It consists of steel boxes. It will be filled with concrete to improve stability.<\/li>\n<li>The bridge will be able to withstand earthquakes with a magnitude of up to eight and high-intensity blasts.<\/li>\n<li>The bridge can withstand high wind speeds up to 266 km per hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>Once completed, the bridge will be the World\u2019s highest railway bridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/MShareArticle?OrgId=G738EV535.1&amp;imageview=0\"><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"oiK5Z2SnAL\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answereddiscuss-the-role-of-brics-as-a-bridge-between-developed-and-developing-countries-what-are-its-current-concerns-and-issues-that-must-be-resolved\/\">[Answered]Discuss the role of BRICS as a bridge between developed and developing countries. 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The Indian Railways completes the Arch closure of the iconic Chenab Bridge. About Chenab Bridge: Chenab Bridge is an Indian railway steel and concrete arch bridge. It is under the construction between Bakkal and Kauri in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Length: The bridge is being constructed over the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/railways-completes-arch-closure-of-chenab-bridge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Railways Completes Arch Closure of &#8220;Chenab bridge&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,9],"tags":[1400],"class_list":["post-100187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-public","tag-eco_10","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704830818},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}