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The Golden Bridge connects Ankleshwar to
The Golden Bridge connects Ankleshwar to Bharuch
Bharuch (), formerly known as Broach, is a city at the mouth of the river Narmada in Gujarat in western India. Bharuch is the administrative headquarters of Bharuch District.
The city of Bharuch and surroundings have been settled since tim ...
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 (now called Mumbai). The bridge is also called the Narmada Bridge.
Construction
The British started construction on the iron bridge on 7 December 1877. The bridge was contracted by theBombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway
The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (reporting mark BB&CI) was a company incorporated in 1855 to undertake the task of constructing railway lines between Bombay to the erstwhile Baroda State, that became the present-day Baroda (Vadodar ...
and was designed by Sir John Hawkshaw
Sir John Hawkshaw FRS FRSE FRSA MICE (9 April 1811 – 2 June 1891), was an English civil engineer. He served as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers 1862-63. His most noteworthy work is the Severn Tunnel.
Early life
He was bor ...
. The bridge was completed on 16 May 1881 at a cost of Rs 45.65 lakh
A lakh (; abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105). In the Indian 2,2,3 convention of digit grouping, it is written as 1,00,000. For ex ...
s. Originally named the Narmada Bridge, it would come to be known as the Golden Bridge on account of the heavy expenditure incurred during construction due to damage from heavy water flow.
After independence, it became part of the national highway. However, the flow of heavy traffic would be reduced after a new bridge on Narmada was built.
The length of the Golden Bridge is 1412 m.
See also
*Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch
The Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch is a railway bridge over the Narmada River in India, located between the Ankleshwar Junction and Bharuch Junction railway stations.
History
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left, Bridge memorial plaque
The bridge was constr ...
* 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 ...
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* Bridges completed in 1881 Bharuch district Bridges over the Narmada River Bridges in Gujarat Transport in Ankleshwar Transport in Bharuch 1881 establishments in India {{India-bridge-struct-stub