The Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch is a railway bridge over the Narmada River in

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, located between the Ankleshwar Junction and Bharuch Junction railway stations.

History

left left, Bridge memorial plaque The bridge was constructed for the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. It was built by Braithwaite & Co. in association with the

Hindustan Construction Company Hindustan Construction Company Limited (HCC) is an Indian Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Project Management companies. It is headquartered in Mumbai. HCC was founded by Industrialist Seth Walchand Hirachand in 1926. HCC has exe ...

, who built the piers. The bridge was named in honour of the silver jubilee of King-

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George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Qu ...

. Construction work began in 1933. The bridge was completed in 1935 and inaugurated on 20 December 1935 by

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, the Governor of Bombay. It is long, with 17 spans. Of the bridge's spans, one is long, another is and the remaining 15 spans are each. The girders of the bridge were built of mild steel. The bridge was damaged in July 1970 by an earthquake. The bridge carries a double-track electrified railway line. The adjacent

Golden Bridge The Golden Bridge connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch in the Gujarat state of western India. It was built in 1881 by the British, who needed a bridge across the Narmada River to create better access to trade and administration officials in Bombay ...

, which was completed in 1881, carries road traffic. The

3rd Narmada Bridge The New Narmada Bridge (or the 3rd Narmada Bridge) is an extra dosed bridge, constructed at Bharuch, India. It is a long bridge, built over river Narmada on NH-8. The four-lane bridge is a part of larger project involving six laning of a sec ...

, completed in 2017, is located approximately to the northeast.

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* * {{Authority control 1935 establishments in India Bridges completed in 1935 Bridges over the Narmada River Bridges in Gujarat Bharuch district Silver Jubilee of George V Transport in Ankleshwar Transport in Bharuch 20th-century architecture in India

History

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