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The New Yamuna Bridge is a
cable-stayed bridge A cable-stayed bridge has one or more ''towers'' (or ''pylons''), from which wire rope, cables support the bridge deck. A distinctive feature are the cables or wikt:stay#Etymology 3, stays, which run directly from the tower to the deck, norm ...
located in
Prayagraj Prayagraj (, ; ISO 15919, ISO: ), formerly and colloquially known as Allahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi, Varanasi (Benar ...
. The bridge was constructed by the end of 2004 with the aim of minimizing the traffic over the Old Naini Bridge. The bridge runs north–south across the
Yamuna River The Yamuna (; ) is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in List of major rivers of India, India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of B ...
connecting the city of Prayagraj to its neighborhood of
Naini Naini (also known as Naini Industrial Area) is an industrial township of Prayagraj in Prayagraj district, Uttar Pradesh, India. By the 1950s Naini was established as the chief industrial area of the city. History Naini had a prison, Naini Cen ...
. The construction was consulted by
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, a Danish consulting company. Main construction was done by
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and was successfully completed in 2004.


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Bridge Specifications

The total length of the bridge is 1,510 m with a longest span of 260 m which is supported by a cable which stays in a concrete anchor bridges.


See also

*
List of tourist attractions in Prayagraj Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), a city in the State of Uttar Pradesh, India is an important tourist destination attracting many tourists annually. Enriched with a glorious history and being one of the oldest cities in the world. Prayagraj is famo ...
* List of largest cable-stayed bridges in the World *
List of longest bridges above water in India This is a list of India's bridges longer than , sorted by their length. List of bridges See also *List of longest bridges *List of road–rail bridges *List of bridges in India *List of longest bridges in West Bengal References External lin ...
* List of bridges in India *
List of bridges The list of bridges contains various notable bridges around the world. The list is sorted by continent, and within continents, sorted alphabetically by country. Africa Algeria * Ouadi El Roukham Bridge Botswana *Kazungula Bridge (connects wit ...
* Old Naini Bridge


References

Buildings and structures in Prayagraj Bridges in Uttar Pradesh Cable-stayed bridges in India Transport in Prayagraj Bridges over the Yamuna River {{India-bridge-struct-stub