{"id":173390,"date":"2025-06-16T16:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=173390"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:55:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T11:25:47","slug":"pm-modi-inaugurates-worlds-highest-railway-arch-bridge-in-jammu-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/pm-modi-inaugurates-worlds-highest-railway-arch-bridge-in-jammu-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Inaugurates World\u2019s Highest Railway Arch Bridge in Jammu &#038; Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a major infrastructure push for Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chenab Bridge, the world\u2019s tallest railway arch, standing 359 metres above the Chenab River.<br>Alongside, he launched development initiatives worth \u20b946,000 crore, flagged off Vande Bharat trains on the USBRL line, and opened the Anji cable-stayed bridge and a new medical institute in Katra.<br>These projects aim to improve strategic connectivity, boost tourism, enable faster travel, and provide better healthcare access in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0Project Timeline and Completion<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SBRL Total Length:<\/strong>&nbsp;272 km (Udhampur to Baramulla)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key milestones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Qazigund-Baramulla (118 km):<\/strong>\u00a0Commissioned in Oct 2009<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Qazigund-Banihal (18 km):<\/strong>\u00a0June 2013<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Udhampur-Katra (25 km<\/strong>): July 2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Banihal-Sangaldan (48.1 km):<\/strong>\u00a0Feb 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chenab Bridge inaugurated: June 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights of the Chenab Rail Bridge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Height:<\/strong>\u00a0359 meters (higher than the Eiffel Tower)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Span:<\/strong>\u00a0467 meters (arch span)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Design:<\/strong>\u00a0Steel and concrete arch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Features<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Designed to withstand high seismic activity and wind speeds<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Built in challenging Himalayan terrain with 36 tunnels and 943 bridges<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Electrified line to promote green, efficient transportation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Built over Chenab River, a major Indus tributary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a major infrastructure push for Jammu &amp; Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chenab Bridge, the world\u2019s tallest railway arch, standing 359 metres above the Chenab River.Alongside, he launched development initiatives worth \u20b946,000 crore, flagged off Vande Bharat trains on the USBRL line, and opened the Anji cable-stayed bridge and a new medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":173398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5373],"tags":[4916],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-173390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-june-2025","tag-national-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":173399,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173390\/revisions\/173399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173390"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=173390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}