The Godavari Bridge or Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bridge is truss bridge spanning Godavari River in Rajahmundry, India. It is India's third longest road-cum-rail bridge crossing a water body, first one is The Bogibeel Bridge is rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river in the Dibrugarh district of Assam state in north-east India,[1] and second is Digha–Sonpur Bridge over Ganges in Bihar.
Godavari Bridge
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The Godavari Bridge across Godavari River
Coordinates
16°59′52″N 81°45′21″E
Carries
Two lanes of Road and Single Railway line.
Crosses
Godavari River
Locale
Rajahmundry
Other name(s)
Rajahmundry–Kovvur Bridge
Preceded by
The Havelock Bridge
Followed by
Godavari Arch Bridge
Characteristics
Design
Truss Bridge
Total length
4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Longest span
91.5 metres (300 ft)
No. of spans
27
History
Engineering design by
Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
Opened
16 August 1974; 47 years ago
Location
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The Godavari bridge is 4.1 kilometers (2.8 km Rail part & 4.1 km Road part) long consisting of 27 spans of 91.5 m and 7 spans of 45.72 m of which 6 spans of 45.72m are in 6 deg. curve at long Rajahmundry end to make up for the built up area. The bridge has a road deck over the single track rail deck, similar to the Grafton Bridge in New South Wales, Australia. This bridge, in addition to Godavari Arch Bridge, has been widely used to represent Rajahmundry in arts, media, and culture. It is one of the recognised symbols of Rajahmundry.
