{"id":332047,"date":"2025-04-07T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T12:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=332047"},"modified":"2025-04-08T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:47:24","slug":"new-pamban-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/new-pamban-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pamban Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the <strong>New Pamban Bridge<\/strong> on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami. <strong>New Pamban Bridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-332249 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Pamban-Bridge.png?resize=559%2C371&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Pamban Bridge\" width=\"559\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Pamban-Bridge.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Pamban-Bridge.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Pamban-Bridge.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/New-Pamban-Bridge.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 559px) 100vw, 559px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About New Pamban Bridge<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the country&#8217;s <strong>first vertical-lift sea bridge.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is over 2 km long and spans across the <strong>Palk Strait<\/strong> in Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Connecting:<\/strong> It connects <strong>Rameswaram Island with Mandapam<\/strong> on the mainland Tamil Nadu.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Constructed by:<\/strong> It is constructed by <strong>Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL),<\/strong> a Navratna PSU under the Ministry of Railways.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>5-meter navigational span<\/strong> can be <strong>lifted up to 17 meters<\/strong>, allowing larger ships to pass underneath.<\/li>\n<li>The new bridge is <strong>3 meters higher<\/strong> than the existing one, improving sea connectivity.<\/li>\n<li>The substructure can <strong>support two railway tracks<\/strong>, though it <strong>currently<\/strong> operates a <strong>single<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Old Pamban Bridge<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A historic railway bridge linking Rameswaram Island to Mandapam (mainland Tamil Nadu).<\/li>\n<li>It was built in <strong>1914<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>India\u2019s first sea bridge<\/strong>, built for trade.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>remained India\u2019s longest sea link<\/strong> until the <strong>Bandra-Worli sea link opened in 2010.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was<strong> decommissioned<\/strong> in <strong>December 2022<\/strong> due to corrosion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Pamban Bridge on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami. New Pamban Bridge. About New Pamban Bridge It is the country&#8217;s first vertical-lift sea bridge. Location: It is over 2 km long and spans across the Palk Strait in Tamil Nadu. 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