Indian Railways to build world's tallest railway bridge pier in Manipur [Railway Technology]
Date: 29/11/2021
Indian Railways has embarked on a project to construct the worlds tallest bridge pier in the state of Manipur at an estimated cost of $49.87m (Rs3.74bn).
This infrastructure will be erected under the 111km-long Jiribam-Imphal railway project, which will link Imphal, the capital of Manipur, with the broad-gauge network of India.
The bridge, which will be built at a pier height of 141m, is said to break the current record of 139m of Mala Rijeka viaduct, Montenegro in Europe.
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