Bogibeel bridge
| Bogibeel Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 27°24′31″N 94°45′37″E / 27.40861°N 94.76028°ECoordinates: 27°24′31″N 94°45′37″E / 27.40861°N 94.76028°E |
| Carries | Motor vehicles (three road tracks), Railway (two rail tracks) |
| Crosses | Brahmaputra River |
| Locale |
Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district, Assam,  India
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| Characteristics | |
| Design | Truss bridge |
| Material | Steel, Concrete |
| Total length | 4.94 kilometres (3.07 mi) |
| Longest span | 125 metres (410 ft) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 21 April 2002 |
| Construction end | expected 2017 |
Bogibeel bridge is a combined road and rail bridge in between Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district of the north eastern Indian state of Assam over the Brahmaputra river. Upon its expected completion in 2017 the 4.94-kilometre-long (3.07 mi) bridge, work on which was started in 2002, will become the longest bridge of its kind in India and the longest bridge across the Brahmaputra River.
The Bogibeel bridge, situated 17 kilometres (11 mi) downstream of Dibrugarh and Dhemaji, spans the Brahmaputra river and will connect the town of Dibrugarh in the south to Dhemaji to the river's north. The bridge is located just over 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from the Assam- Arunachal Pradesh border and is thus expected to act as an alternative to the Tezpur bridge in providing connectivity to nearly five million people residing in Upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Bogibeel is the fourth rail-road bridge to come up across the river in Assam. Due to its location, the bridge will be of strategic importance to India as it will significantly enhance India's ability to transport troops and supplies to its border with China in Arunachal Pradesh. Being located in an area of intense rainfall, construction has been significantly slowed down by the fact that construction largely takes place only during a period of four dry months between November and March.
Bogibeel bridge will provide a connection between the Rangia-Murkongselek section of the North East Frontier Railway on the north bank of Brahmaputra and Lumding–Dibrugarh section that lies to the south of the Brahmaputra. A New Dibrugarh Railway Station, expected to be the largest in the region, has been proposed and is to be linked to the Rangia - Murkongselek line via Chaulkhowa and Moranhat. The Railways have initiated the gauge conversion of the Dhamalgaon to Sisiborgaon rail line to the north of the bridge and commissioned the 44-kilometre-long (27 mi) Chalkhowa - Moranhat line to the south.
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