{"id":339825,"date":"2025-06-09T15:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T10:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=339825"},"modified":"2025-06-15T18:26:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T12:56:03","slug":"chenab-rail-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chenab-rail-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Chenab Rail Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chenab Railway Bridge on Friday, celebrating a historic milestone in India&#8217;s infrastructure development. The bridge holds the distinction of being the world&#8217;s highest railway bridge. <strong>Chenab Rail Bridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-340423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chenab-Rail-Bridge.png?resize=526%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Chenab Rail Bridge\" width=\"526\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chenab-Rail-Bridge.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chenab-Rail-Bridge.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chenab-Rail-Bridge.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chenab-Rail-Bridge.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>About Chenab Rail Bridge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Chenab Rail Bridge stands at a height of <strong>359 metres above the riverbed<\/strong>, making it <strong>35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is constructed across the <strong>Chenab River<\/strong> in the <strong>Reasi district<\/strong> of <strong>Jammu &amp; Kashmir<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Both the <strong>Chenab Bridge<\/strong> and the <strong>Anji Bridge<\/strong> are integral components of the <strong>Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL)<\/strong> project, which provides <strong>all-weather rail connectivity<\/strong> to the Kashmir Valley.<\/li>\n<li>It is designed to withstand high wind speeds and seismic activity, showcasing India&#8217;s engineering and infrastructure capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>The bridge plays a vital role in <strong>connecting Kashmir to the rest of India<\/strong>, promoting <strong>regional development and integration<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>About Chenab River<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a significant river of the Indian subcontinent, flowing through <strong>northwestern India<\/strong> and <strong>northeastern and eastern Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Chenab is an important <strong>tributary of the Indus River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Chenab River originates from the <strong>confluence of two rivers<\/strong>, the <em>Chandra<\/em> and <em>Bhaga<\/em>, at <strong>Tandi<\/strong> in the upper Himalayas, located in the <strong>Lahaul and Spiti districts of Himachal Pradesh<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In its upper reaches, the river is also referred to as the <strong>Chandrabhaga<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>From its origin, the river flows westward through the <strong>Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir<\/strong>, cutting through steep cliffs between the <strong>Siwalik Range to the south<\/strong> and the <strong>Lesser Himalayas to the north<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It then takes a <strong>southwesterly turn<\/strong>, entering <strong>Pakistan<\/strong> and descending from the upland regions into the <strong>broad alluvial plains of Punjab province<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>In Pakistan, the Chenab receives the waters of the <strong>Jhelum River near Trimmu<\/strong>, before eventually merging with the <strong>Sutlej River<\/strong>, which is another tributary of the <strong>Indus River<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>largest river in Himachal Pradesh in terms of water volume<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The main tributaries of the Chenab River include: <strong>Miyar Nalla, <\/strong><strong>Sohal, <\/strong><strong>Thirot, <\/strong><strong>Bhut Nalla, <\/strong><strong>Marusudar and <\/strong><strong>Lidrari.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chenab Railway Bridge on Friday, celebrating a historic milestone in India&#8217;s infrastructure development. The bridge holds the distinction of being the world&#8217;s highest railway bridge. Chenab Rail Bridge. About Chenab Rail Bridge The Chenab Rail Bridge stands at a height of 359 metres above the riverbed, making it&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/chenab-rail-bridge\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chenab Rail Bridge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":340423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,11209,12039],"tags":[11872,10595],"class_list":["post-339825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-hindustan-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Chenab-Rail-Bridge.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339825","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}