The Bridge to Nowhere is a concrete road
bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
meant to connect
Gorkha Municipality
Gorkha ( ne, गोरखा, formerly known as Prithbinarayan Municipality) is a municipality in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal created in 1996. It was initially named "Prithibinarayan" after King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who was born ...
and
Siranchowk Rural Municipality
Siranchok Rural Municipality (Nepali : सिरानचोक गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative struct ...
in
Gorkha District,
Gandaki Province,
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. It has no roads leading to it.
It is being built across the
Daraudi River
The Daraudi River (or Daraundi Khola) is a river in Nepal. It is a left tributary of the Marshyangdi river, which in turn joins the Trishuli River.
Hydroelectricity
The flow from the Daraudi River is used to generate 6 MW electricity at the Dara ...
to provide road access to
Nareshwar, Gorkha municipality
Nareshwar was a village development committee in Gorkha District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal. It was merged into Gorkha Municipality in 2014. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national c ...
-3 and Jarebar,
Siranchowk rural municipality
Siranchok Rural Municipality (Nepali : सिरानचोक गाउँपालिका) is a Gaunpalika in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative struct ...
-5. The intention is to build roads to it later, but the area required to construct roads to the bridge belongs to local farmers and no plans have been initiated to acquire and compensate the farmers.
See also
*
List of bridges in Nepal
References
* Himalayan News Service
"Tens of millions of rupees spent on bridge sans road" ''The Himalayan'', 7 August 2022.
External links
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Gandaki Province
Bridges to nowhere
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