World’s tallest girder railway bridge is being built in North-East India

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Building an Indian Railways network which connects the seven sister states of North-East has always been acknowledged as a challenging task due to the Indo Burma mountain ranges and Himalayan ranges .

But, Indian railway to be able to build the world’s tallest girder railway bridge in the Himalayan ranges.

This dream project of Indian Railways is hope to be turn into a reality in 2019. Called Bridge No 164, the world’s tallest girder railway bridge, will have a pier height of 141 metres.

That’s almost twice as high as Qutab Minar.

At present, Europe’s Mala-Rijeka viaduct is the world’s highest at 139 metres.

The bridge no 164 is part of the upcoming 111 kilometres long Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal railway line.

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