Miscellany: Important facts about India (Part-1)  Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest in India

Miscellany: Important facts about India (Part-1)  Longest, Largest, Tallest, Smallest in India

 

Bridges, Roads and Rail Route

LONGEST

Bridges, Roads and Rail Route

 

Bridge/ River Bridge

 Dhola Sadiya Bridge on the lohit river, Assam (also known as Bhupen Hazarika Setu)

 

 Sea bridge

 

 Bandra-Worli Sea Link, Mumbai

 

 Railway Bridge

 

 Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala

 

 Train Route

 

 Vivek Express, Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari (4286 km)

 

 Highway Tunnel

 

 Chenani-Nashri Tunnel (also known as Patnitop Tunnel, 11.2 Km) on NH44, Jammu & Kashmir

 

 Railway platform

 

 Gorakhpur, UP (1355.4m)

 

 Railway Tunnel

 

 Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Jammu & Kashmir

 

 National Highway

 

 NH-44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari, 3745 KM)

 

 Road

 

 Grand Trunk road from Delhi to Kolkata. (2500 km; one of the oldest roads of Asia).

 

 Electric railway line

 

 From Delhi to Kolkata via Patna

 

 Which State has Longest Highway

 

 Uttar Pradesh (752 km)

 

longest Elevated Expressway

 

 Chennai Port Maduravoyal Elevated Expressway

 

TALLEST(HIGHEST)

Road

Leh- Manali at Khardungla, (Jammu and Kashmir)

 

BIGGEST

Cantilever bridge

Rabindra Setu (Howrah Bridge), Kolkata

 

LARGEST

Bridges, Roads and Rail Route

 

 

 Sea Bridge

 

 Annai Indira Gandhi Bridge (Tamil Nadu)

 

 Road Network (state)

 

 Maharashtra (6.08 lakhs km)

 

 Road density

 

 Kerala (5268 km/km2)

Share of national highway

 

Uttar Pradesh (8483 km)

 

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