List of longest bridges above water in India
This is a list of India's bridges longer than 500 metres (1,640 ft) sorted by their full length above water.[1][2]
Bridges[]
signature bridge | River/Water Body | Spanning | Completed /Opened |
Traffic | State | City | |
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Meters | Feet | ||||||
Bhupen Hazarika Setu | Lohit River | 9,150 | 30,020 | 2017 | Road | Assam | Tinsukia |
Dibang River Bridge[3] | Dibang River | 6,200 | 20,300 | 2018 | Road | Arunachal Pradesh | Bomjur-Meka |
Mahatma Gandhi Setu[4] | Ganges River | 5,750 | 18,860 | 1982 | Road | Bihar | Patna–Hajipur |
Bandra-Worli Sea Link[5] | Mahim bay | 5,600 | 18,400 | 2009 | Road | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
Bogibeel Bridge[6] | Brahmaputra River | 4,940 | 16,210 | 2018 | Rail-cum-road | Assam | Dibrugarh |
Vikramshila Setu[7] | Ganges River | 4,700 | 15,400 | 2001 | Road | Bihar | Bhagalpur |
Vembanad Rail Bridge[8] | Vembanad Lake | 4,620 | 15,160 | 2011 | Rail | Kerala | Kochi |
Digha–Sonpur Bridge | Ganges River | 4,556 | 14,948 | 2016 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | Patna–Sonpur |
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge | Ganges River | 4,350 | 14,270 | 2017 | Road | Bihar | Arrah–Chhapra |
Godavari Fourth Bridge (Kovvur–Rajahmundry 4th Bridge) | Godavari River | 4,135 | 13,566 | 2015 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
Munger Ganga Bridge | Ganges River | 3,750 | 12,300 | 2016/2020 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | Munger |
Chahlari Ghat Bridge | Ghaghra River | 3,249 | 10,659 | 2017 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich–Sitapur |
Jawahar Setu[9] | Son River | 3,061 | 10,043 | 1965 | Road | Bihar | Dehri |
Nehru Setu[10] | Son River | 3,059 | 10,036 | 1900 | Rail | Bihar | Dehri |
Daudnagar bridge | Son River | 3,020 | 9,906 | 2019 | Road | Bihar | daudnagar |
Kolia Bhomora Setu | Brahmaputra River | 3,015 | 9,892 | 1987 | Road | Assam | Tezpur–Kaliabor |
[11] | Krishna River | 3,000 | 9,800 | 2006 | Road | Karnataka | Bijapur |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu |
Kathajodi River | 2,880 | 9,450 | 2017 | Road | Odisha | Cuttack |
Godavari Bridge |
Godavari River | 2,790 | 9,150[12] | 1974 | Rail-cum-road | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
Baluahaghat bridge | Kosi River | 2,700 | 9,005 | 2015 | Road | Bihar | Saharsa |
Godavari Arch Bridge[13] | Godavari River | 2,745 | 9,006 | 1997/2003 | Rail | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
Joyee Setu[14] | Teesta River | 2709 | 8887 | 2021 | Road | West Bengal | Mekhliganj–Haldibari |
Penumudi–Puligadda Bridge | Krishna River | 2,590 | 8,500 | 2006 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Avanigadda |
Ganges River | 2,334 | 7,657 | 2012 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Badaun District | |
Pamban Bridge | Palk Strait | 2,300 | 7,500 | 1988 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Pamban Island |
Naranarayan Setu[15] | Brahmaputra River | 2,284 | 7,493 | 1998 | Rail-cum-road | Assam | Jogighopa |
Farakka Barrage[16] | Ganges River | 2,275 | 7,464 | 1975 | Rail-cum-road | West Bengal | Farakka |
Vijayghat Bridge | kosi river | 2,200 | 7,216 | 2015 | Road | Bihar | Bhagalpur |
Kanaka Durga Varadhi[17] | Krishna River | 2,200 | 7,200 | 1995 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada |
[18] | Mahanadi River | 2,100 | 6,900 | 1902 | Rail | Odisha | Cuttack |
Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge[19] | Mahanadi River | 2,100 | 6,900 | 2008 | Rail | Odisha | Cuttack |
Pamban Bridge[20] | Palk Strait | 2,065 | 6,775 | 1913 | Rail | Tamil Nadu | Pamban Island |
Sharavathi Bridge[21] | Sharavathi River | 2,060 | 6,760 | 1994 | Rail | Karnataka | Honnavar |
[22][23]Kosi River | 2,060 | 6,760 | 2013 | Rail | Bihar | Nirmali– | |
Rajendra Setu[24] | Ganges River | 2,025 | 6,644 | 1959 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | Barauni–Hathidah |
Arwal sahar Bridge | Son river | 2,004 | 6,574 | 2012 | Road | Bihar | arwal |
[25] | Ganges River | 2,000 | 6,600 | 1920 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Prayagraj |
Mahanadi Bridge, Boudh[26] | Mahanadi River | 1,936 | 6,352 | 1899 | Road | Odisha | Sonepur |
Gandak River | 1,848 | 6,063 | 2009/2013 | Road | Bihar | West Champaran | |
Vashi Bridge | Thane Creek | 1,837 | 6,027 | 1997 | Road | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
Ramghat Bridge | Ghaghra River | 1,825 | 5,988 | 2009/2013 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | |
[27] | Ganges River | 1,728 | 5,669 | 1950 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Prayagraj |
Sarat Setu | Rupnarayan River | 1,640.5 | 5,382 | 1902 | Rail | West Bengal | Kolaghat |
Sarat Setu | Rupnarayan River | 1,640.5 | 5,382 | 2013 | Road | West Bengal | Kolaghat |
Old Sutlej Bridge | Sutlej River | 1,600 | 5,200 | 1887 | Rail cum Road | Punjab | HussainiwalaDismantled in 1971.[28] |
Sutlej Barrage Bridge | Sutlej River | 1,600 | 5,200 | 1947 | Road | Punjab | Hussainiwala[29] |
Damodar Setu | Damodar River | 1,521 | 4,990 | 2013 | Rail | West Bengal | Masagram |
Vangal-Mohanur Bridge | Cauvery River | 1,509 | 4,951 | 2016 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Vangal–Mohanur |
Thanthai Periyar Bridge[30] | Cauvery River | 1,500 | 4,900 | 1971 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Musiri–Kulithalai |
Bangaraghat Bridge | Kosi River | 1,500 | 4,900 | 2020 | Road | Bihar | Kursela |
Old Saraighat Bridge[13] | Brahmaputra River | 1,500 | 4,900 | 1962 | Rail-cum-road | Assam | Guwahati |
New Saraighat Bridge[13] | Brahmaputra River | 1,490 | 4,890 | 2017 | Road | Assam | Guwahati |
Jangalkanya Setu[31] | Subarnarekha River | 1,472 | 4,829 | 2016 | Road | West Bengal | Nayagram |
Koilwar Bridge[13] | Son River | 1,440 | 4,720 | 1862 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | Arrah-Patna |
[13] | Son River | 1,435 | 4,708 | 1947 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Chopan |
Golden Bridge | Narmada River | 1,412 | 4,633 | 1881 | Road | Gujarat | Ankleshwar–Bharuch |
Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch | Narmada River | 1,406 | 4,613 | 1935 | Rail | Gujarat | Ankleshwar–Bharuch |
Mahanadi Bridge[32] | Mahanadi River | 1,400 | 4,600 | 1961 | Road | Odisha | Bhootmundei, Paradip |
Neelathanallur-Madhanathur bridge | Kollidam River | 1,400 | 4,600 | 2011 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Kumbakonam–Jayankondam |
Second Narmada Bridge[33] | Narmada River | 1,375 | 4,511 | 2000 | Road | Gujarat | Bharuch |
Third Narmada Bridge | Narmada River | 1,369 | 4,491 | 2017 | Road | Gujarat | Bharuch |
[13] | Brahmani River | 1,351 | 4,432 | 1902 | Rail | Odisha | |
[13] | Brahmani River | 1,351 | 4,432 | 1977 | Rail | Odisha | |
[13] | Brahmani River | 1,350 | 4,430 | 2012 | Rail | Odisha | |
Maharana Pratap Setu | Banswara | 1,296 | 4,252 | 1987 | Road | Rajasthan | Banswara–Ratlam |
Prakasam Barrage[34] | Krishna River | 1,269 | 4,163 | 1885 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada |
Elgin Bridge (Barabanki) | Ghaghra River | 1,225 | 4,019 | 1896 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Barabanki |
Ghaghra River | 1,165 | 3,822 | ? | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Barabanki | |
Ishwar Gupta Setu[35] | Hooghly River | 1,056 | 3,465 | 1989 | Road | West Bengal | Bansberia - Kalyani |
Second Teesta Bridge (Jalpaiguri - NH 27)[36] | Teesta River | 1,050 | 3,440 | 2020 | Road | West Bengal | Jalpaiguri |
Malviya Bridge (Dufferin Bridge)[37] | Ganges River | 1,050 | 3,440 | 1887 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi |
Sharavathi Bridge[38] | Sharavathi River | 1,048 | 3,438 | 1984 | Road | Karnataka | Honnavar |
Airoli Bridge[39] | Thane Creek | 1,030 | 3,380 | 1999 | Road | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
Rupnarayan River | 1,024 | 3,360 | 1932 | Road | West Bengal | Kolaghat– | |
Old Naini Bridge[40] | Yamuna River | 1,006 | 3,301 | 1865 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
[41] | Yamuna River | 1,006 | 3,301 | 2005 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
First Teesta Bridge (Jalpaiguri - NH 27) | Teesta River | 1,000 | 3,300 | 1968 | Road | West Bengal | Jalpaiguri |
Teesta Railway Bridge (Jalpaiguri) | Teesta River | 1,000 | 3,300 | ? | Rail | West Bengal | Jalpaiguri |
(Anderson Bridge)[42] | Ganges River | 1,000 | 3,300 | 1888 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Balawali |
Chamravattom Regulator-cum-Bridge[43] | Bharathappuzha | 1,000 | 3,300 | 2012 | Road | Kerala | Chamravattom |
Vivekananda Setu | Hooghly River | 900 | 3,000 | 1932 | Rail-cum-road | West Bengal | Dakshineswar–Bally |
Nivedita Setu[44] | Hooghly River | 900 | 3,000 | 2007 | Road | West Bengal | Dakshineswar–Bally |
[45] | Kollidam River | 900 | 3,000 | 2012 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli |
Gandak River | 894 | 2,933 | 2001 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | ||
Chambal River | 880 | 2,890 | 2016 | Road | Rajasthan | Dholpur | |
Subansiri River | 850 | 2,790 | 1966 | Rail | Assam | ||
Subansiri River | 841 | 2,759 | 1966 | Road | Assam | ||
Vidyasagar Setu[46] | Hooghly River | 825 | 2,707 | 1992 | Road | West Bengal | Kolkata |
Netravati Bridge[47] | Netravati River | 812.5 | 2,666 | 1965 | Road | Karnataka | Mangalore |
Paramathi Velur Bridge (NH 7)[30] | Cauvery River | 800 | 2,600 | 1949 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Pugalur–Velur |
Yamuna Bridge[48] | Yamuna River | 784 | 2,572 | ? | Road | Himachal Pradesh | Paonta Sahib |
[49] | Ganges River | 750 | 2,460 | 1865 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
Durgam Cheruvu Bridge[50] | Durgam Cheruvu | 736 | 2,415 | 2020 | Road | Telangana | Hyderabad |
Jajmau Bridge[51] | Ganges River | 729 | 2,392 | 2011 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Jajmau |
720 | 2,360 | 1970 | Rail | Assam | Haflong | ||
Howrah Bridge (Ravindra Setu)[52] | Hooghly River | 705 | 2,313 | 1943 | Road | West Bengal | Kolkata |
Durgapur Barrage | Damodar River | 692 | 2,270 | 1956 | Road | West Bengal | Durgapur |
Garmukteswar Bridge[13] | Ganges River | 675 | 2,215 | 1901 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Garhmukteshwar |
Lav Kush Barrage | Ganges River | 650 | 2,130 | 2000 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur |
See also[]
- List of longest bridges in the world
- List of road–rail bridges
- List of bridges in India
- List of longest bridges in West Bengal
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