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Pamban Bridge (Tamil:, romanised: pāmban) was a railway bridge that connected the town of Rameswaram on Pamban Island with Mandapam in mainland India. Opened on 24 February 1914, it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in India until the opening of the Bandra–Worli Sea Link in 2010.
The old Pamban Bridge was opened in February 1914 and carried rail traffic between Rameshwaram in Pamban Island and mainland India. [1] The bridge underwent several overhauls over the years to extend its lifespan.
The rail bridge is, for the most part, a conventional bridge resting on concrete piers, but has a double-leaf bascule section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. Until 1988, the Pamban bridge was the only surface transport that connected Tamil Nadu's island of Rameswaram to the mainland.
Reconstruction of the Pamban Bridge was deemed a priority and initially expected to take six months to complete. However, E. Sreedharan, an engineer tasked on the project, managed to have the railway bridge finished in 45 days. A stable road connection was built in the following years.
Rameshwaram bridge = Pamban bridge: Date: 8 July 2007 (according to Exif data) Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. M.arunprasad assumed (based on copyright claims).
Adam's Bridge, [a] also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, [c] is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the bridge was formerly a land connection ...
Pamban Road Bridge: Palk Strait: 2.2 1988- Road Tamil Nadu: Mandapam-Rameswaram [24] 29 Kanaka Durga Varadhi: Krishna River: 2.2 1995- Road Andhra Pradesh: Vijayawada [25] 30 Mahanadi Rail Bridge Mahanadi River: 2.1 1902- Rail Odisha: Cuttack [26] 31 Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge: Mahanadi River: 2.1 2008- Rail Odisha: Cuttack [26] 32 Pamban ...
Mandapam is a panchayat town in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The famed Pamban Railway bridge and Vehicular bridge lie to the East of this Panchayat Town. Mandapam is Tamil Nadu’s largest refugee camp for Sri Lankans in India. [1] [2]