The New Saraighat Bridge, also referred to as the 2nd Saraighat Bridge is a

beam bridge Beam bridges are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end. No moments are transferred throughout the support, hence their structural type is known as '' simply supported''. The simplest beam ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, connecting the North bank of Assam to South bank of Assam. The bridge spans the

Brahmaputra River The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It ...

besides

Old Saraighat Bridge The Saraighat Bridge is a rail-cum-road bridge over Brahmaputra River in Assam, India and is the first of its kind bridge over the river in the state. The length of the bridge is 1492 meters (4895 feet) and the road on the bridge is 7.3 meters ...

, from Pandu, Guwahati in the south to Amingaon to the north. The construction of the bridge started in 2007. The total length of the bridge is 1,493.58 metres and it has cost an amount of Rs 475 crore to complete the bridge. It is constructed by India's largest civil engineering company, Gammon India Limited. The three lane road bridge was inaugurated by Union minister

Nitin Gadkari Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways cu ...

in the presence of Union Minister of State for Railways

Rajen Gohain Rajen Gohain (26 November 1950) born in Nagaon, Assam is an Indian politician who served as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha. He has represented the Nowgong constituency in Assam since 1999 to 2019 and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. ...

, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Transport and Parliamentary Affairs Chandra Mohan Patowary, Minister of PWD , Fisheries and Excise

Parimal Suklabaidya Parimal Suklabaidya (born 20 January 1958) is an Indian Politician from the state of Assam. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowal ...

, Minister

Keshab Mahanta Keshab Mahanta (6 July 1959) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Kaliabor Constituency of Assam in 1996 as a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. He was elected to the Assam Leg ...

and many other ministers on 28 January 2017.

References

{{Hydrography of Northeast India Bridges in Assam Bridges over the Brahmaputra River Transport in Guwahati

See also

References