New Delhi: India’s longest bridge is being planned across the Brahmaputra at Bogibeel in Assam. The 4.94 km rail-cum-road bridge, expected to be a lifeline for the Northeastern states, is scheduled to be completed in 2016.
The bridge is a product of the 1985 Assam Accord and is being implemented by the North East Frontier Railway. The bridge will provide connectivity to upper Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
The rail link would connect the two existing railway networks running along south and north banks of the river, according to the Railway officials. The rail link will begin from Chaulkhowa and Moranhat stations at south bank and joins in between Sisibargaon and Siripani stations of Rangiya-Murkongselek section in north bank.
The travel time is expected to be reduced to a few minutes, from the current one-and-a-half hour, to cross the river once the bridge is inaugurated; besides the movement of goods will also be possible on a larger scale.
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