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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.
Until 1988, the Pamban bridge was the only surface transport that connected Tamil Nadu's island of Rameswaram to the mainland. In December 2018, the bascule of this bridge was damaged, which suspended transportation on the bridge for 3 months. Rail movement was again restored on 27 February 2019. In 1988, a road bridge was also constructed ...
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).
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.
Pamban Road Bridge in Rameswaram to Annai Indira Gandhi Road Bridge after Indira Gandhi; Porur Flyover in Chennai to Bharat Ratna Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G.R. Flyover after M. G. Ramachandran; Two-tier Flyover in Salem to Puratchi Thalaivi J. Jayalalithaa Two-tier Flyover after J. Jayalalithaa
Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge: Mahanadi River: 2.1 2008- Rail Odisha: Cuttack [26] 32 Pamban Bridge: Palk Strait: 2.07 1913- Rail Tamil Nadu: Mandapam-Rameswaram [27] 33 Sharavati Bridge: Sharavathi River: 2.06 1994 Rail Karnataka: Honnavar-Kasarkoda [10] 34 Baluaha Ghat Bridge Kosi River: 2.05 2015- Road Bihar: Baluaha Ghat-Gandaul [28] 35 Arwal ...
Pamban became a junction when a 17 km branch line was built between Pamban and Dhanushkodi; after the 1964 rameswaram cyclone, that branch line was closed. After India gained independence, a new railway line was constructed between Manamadurai and Virudhunagar under the rule of Kamaraj. This was the first railway line in Tamil Nadu to be built ...
Dec. 1913 Scherzer Rolling Bridge constructed at Pamban viaduct. 01.01.1914 MG section opened from Mandapam to Pamban; 01.12.1914 MG section opened from Dhanushkodi Jetty to Dhanushkoai point. 15.02.1915 MG section opened from Nidamangalam to Mannargudi. 15.10.1915 MG section opened from Podanur to Pollachi.