3rd Narmada Bridge
Extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India
Coordinates21°42′54″N 73°02′45″E / 21.7149°N 73.0458°E / 21.7149; 73.0458
Carriesfour lanes of NH-8 traffic
CrossesNarmada River
LocaleBharuch
Official nameNew Narmada Bridge
Named forNarmada River
Maintained byNHAI
Characteristics
DesignExtradosed bridge
MaterialSteel, Cement, Cables, Alloy
Total length1,344 m (4,409 ft)
Width22.8 m (75 ft)
Longest span144 m (472 ft)
No. of spans10
History
Constructed byNHAI & L & T
Construction start2014
Construction end2017
Construction cost₹379 crore (equivalent to ₹532 crore or US$67 million in 2023)
Opened7 March 2017
Location

The New Narmada Bridge (or the 3rd Narmada Bridge) is an extra dosed bridge, constructed at Bharuch, India. It is a 1,344 m (4,409 ft) long bridge, built over river Narmada on NH-8. The four-lane bridge is a part of larger project involving six laning of a section of NH-8 between Vadodara and Surat. It runs parallel to Sardar Bridge. It is the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India, 144 m (472 ft) long.[1][2][3][4]

The bridge was constructed by Larsen & Toubro and Dywidag Systems International (DSI-Bridgecon). The estimated cost of bridge is ₹379 crore (equivalent to ₹532 crore or US$67 million in 2023). This bridge was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 March 2017.[3][5]

A few months later in June 2017, the Arrah–Chhapra Bridge opened and became the longest multi-span extradosed bridge in the world, with a main bridge length of 1,920 m (6,300 ft). Even so, the 3rd Narmada Bridge remains the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India.

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References

  1. ↑ "Third Narmada Bridge". structurae.net. 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2020. New bridge will have the longest spans in India
  2. ↑ Joshi, Harish (4 March 2014). "Work on extradosed bridge over Narmada begins". Times of India. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 Mishra, Sohit (7 March 2017). "India's longest [span] cable-bridge in Bharuch inaugurated by PM Modi". India.com. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". Patrika News (in Hindi). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Narendra Modi to open new bridge over Narmada on March 7 - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 February 2017.


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