List of longest bridges above water in India
This is a list of India's bridges longer than 500 metres (1,640 ft) sorted by their full length above water.[1][2]
From left to right: Bhupen Hazarika Setu (Assam)−the longest bridge of India, Mahatma Gandhi Setu (Bihar), Bandra–Worli Sea Link (Maharashtra), and Bogibeel Bridge (Assam)
Name | River/Water Body | Spanning | Completed /Opened |
Traffic | State | City | |
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Meters | Feet | ||||||
Bhupen Hazarika Setu | Lohit River | 9,150 | 30,020 | 2017 | Road | Tinsukia | |
Dibang River Bridge[3] | Dibang River | 6,200 | 20,300 | 2018 | Road | Bomjur-Meka | |
Mahatma Gandhi Setu[4] | Ganges | 5,750 | 18,860 | 1982 | Road | Bihar | Patna–Hajipur |
Bandra-Worli Sea Link[5] | Mahim bay | 5,600 | 18,400 | 2009 | Road | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
Bogibeel Bridge[6] | Brahmaputra River | 4,940 | 16,210 | 2018 | Rail-cum-road | Dibrugarh | |
Vikramshila Setu[7] | Ganges | 4,700 | 15,400 | 2001 | Road | Bihar | Bhagalpur |
Vembanad Rail Bridge[8] | Vembanad Lake | 4,620 | 15,160 | 2011 | Rail | Kerala | Kochi |
Digha–Sonpur Bridge | Ganges | 4,556 | 14,948 | 2016 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | Patna–Sonpur |
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge | Ganges | 4,350 | 14,270 | 2017 | Road | Bihar | Arrah–Chhapra |
Godavari Fourth Bridge Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bypass Bridge | Godavari River | 4,135 | 13,566 | 2015 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
Munger Ganga Bridge | Ganges | 3,750 | 12,300 | 2016/2020 | Rail-cum-Road | Bihar | Munger |
Chahlari Ghat Bridge | Ghaghra River | 3,249 | 10,659 | 2017 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Bahraich–Sitapur |
Jawahar Setu[9] | Son River | 3,061 | 10,043 | 1965 | Road | Bihar | Dehri |
Nehru Setu[10] | Son River | 3,059 | 10,036 | 1900 | Rail | Bihar | Dehri |
Kolia Bhomora Setu | Brahmaputra River | 3,015 | 9,892 | 1987 | Road | Assam | Tezpur–Kaliabor |
Korthi-Kolhar Bridge[11] | Krishna River | 3,000 | 9,800 | 2006 | Road | Karnataka | Bijapur |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu | Kathajodi River | 2,880 | 9,450 | 2017 | Road | Odisha | Cuttack |
Godavari Bridge | Godavari River | 2,790 | 9,150[12] | 1974 | Rail-cum-road | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
Old Godavari Bridge Now decommissioned[13] | Godavari River | 2,754 | 9,035 | 1900 | Rail | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
Godavari Arch Bridge[13] | Godavari River | 2,745 | 9,006 | 1997/2003 | Rail | Andhra Pradesh | Rajahmundry |
Penumudi–Puligadda Bridge | Krishna River | 2,590 | 8,500 | 2006 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Avanigadda |
Badaun-Ganjdundwara Bridge | Ganges River | 2,334 | 7,657 | 2012 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Badaun District |
Pamban Bridge | Palk Strait | 2,300 | 7,500 | 1988 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Pamban Island |
Naranarayan Setu[14] | Brahmaputra River | 2,284 | 7,493 | 1998 | Rail-cum-road | Assam | Jogighopa |
Farakka Barrage[15] | Ganges | 2,275 | 7,464 | 1975 | Rail-cum-road | West Bengal | Farakka |
Kanaka Durga Varadhi[16] | Krishna River | 2,200 | 7,200 | 1995 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada |
Mahanadi Rail Bridge[17] | Mahanadi River | 2,100 | 6,900 | 1902 | Rail | Odisha | Cuttack |
Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge[18] | Mahanadi River | 2,100 | 6,900 | 2008 | Rail | Odisha | Cuttack |
Pamban Bridge[19] | Palk Strait | 2,065 | 6,775 | 1913 | Rail | Tamil Nadu | Pamban Island |
Sharavathi Bridge[20] | Sharavathi River | 2,060 | 6,760 | 1994 | Rail | Karnataka | Honnavar |
Kosi Maha Setu | [21][22]Kosi River | 2,060 | 6,760 | 2013 | Rail | Bihar | Nirmali–Saraygarh |
Rajendra Setu[23] | Ganges | 2,025 | 6,644 | 1959 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | Barauni–Hathidah |
Koshi Maha Setu | Kosi River | 2,025 | 6,644 | 2012 | Road | Bihar | Nirmali–Saraygarh |
Daraganj Bridge[24] | Ganges River | 2,000 | 6,600 | 1920 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Prayagraj |
Mahanadi Bridge, Boudh[25] | Mahanadi River | 1,936 | 6,352 | 1899 | Road | Odisha | Sonepur |
Gautam Buddha Bridge | Gandak River | 1,848 | 6,063 | 2009/2013 | Road | Bihar | West Champaran |
Vashi Bridge | Thane Creek | 1,837 | 6,027 | 1997 | Road | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
Shashtri Bridge[26] | Ganges River | 1,728 | 5,669 | 1950 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Prayagraj |
Sarat Setu Kolaghat Bridge | Rupnarayan River | 1,640.5 | 5,382 | 1902 | Rail | West Bengal | Kolaghat |
Sarat Setu Kolaghat Bridge | Rupnarayan River | 1,640.5 | 5,382 | 2013 | Road | West Bengal | Kolaghat |
Damodar Setu | Damodar River | 1,521 | 4,990 | 2013 | Rail | West Bengal | Masagram |
Vangal-Mohanur Bridge | Cauvery River | 1,509 | 4,951 | 2016 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Vangal–Mohanur |
Thanthai Periyar Bridge[27] | Cauvery River | 1,500 | 4,900 | 1971 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Musiri–Kulithalai |
Old Saraighat Bridge[13] | Brahmaputra River | 1,495 | 4,905 | 2017 | Rail-cum-road | Assam | Guwahati |
New Saraighat Bridge[13] | Brahmaputra River | 1,490 | 4,890 | 2017 | Road | Assam | Guwahati |
Koilwar Bridge[13] | Sone River | 1,440 | 4,720 | 1862 | Rail-cum-road | Bihar | Koilwar |
Aghori Bridge[13] | Sone River | 1,435 | 4,708 | 1947 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Chopan |
Golden Bridge | Narmada | 1,412 | 4,633 | 1881 | Road | Gujarat | Ankleshwar–Bharuch |
Silver Jubilee Railway Bridge Bharuch | Narmada | 1,406 | 4,613 | 1935 | Rail | Gujarat | Ankleshwar–Bharuch |
Mahanadi Bridge[28] | Mahanadi River | 1,400 | 4,600 | 1961 | Road | Odisha | Bhootmundei, Paradip |
Neelathanallur-Madhanathur bridge | The Kollidam | 1,400 | 4,600 | 2011 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Kumbakonam–Jayankondam |
Second Narmada Bridge[29] | Narmada River | 1,375 | 4,511 | 2000 | Road | Gujarat | Bharuch |
Third Narmada Bridge | Narmada | 1,369 | 4,491 | 2017 | Road | Gujarat | Bharuch |
Brahmani Rail Bridge[13] | Brahmani River | 1,351 | 4,432 | 1902 | Rail | Odisha | Jenapur |
2nd Brahmani Rail Bridge[13] | Brahmani River | 1,351 | 4,432 | 1977 | Rail | Odisha | Jenapur |
New Brahmani 3rd Rail Bridge[13] | Brahmani River | 1,350 | 4,430 | 2012 | Rail | Odisha | Jenapur |
Maharana Pratap Setu | Banswara | 1,296 | 4,252 | 1987 | Road | Rajasthan | Banswara–Ratlam |
Prakasam Barrage[30] | Krishna River | 1,269 | 4,163 | 1885 | Road | Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada |
Elgin Bridge (Barabanki) | Ghaghra River | 1,225 | 4,019 | 1896 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Barabanki |
Ghagra Bridge (Road) | Ghaghra River | 1,165 | 3,822 | ? | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Barabanki |
Malviya Bridge (Dufferin Bridge)[31] | Ganges River | 1,050 | 3,440 | 1887 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Varanasi |
Sharavathi Bridge[32] | Sharavathi River | 1,048 | 3,438 | 1984 | Road | Karnataka | Honnavar |
Airoli Bridge[33] | Thane Creek | 1,030 | 3,380 | 1999 | Road | Maharashtra | Mumbai |
Sarat Chandra Setu | Rupnarayan River | 1,024 | 3,360 | 1932 | Road | West Bengal | Kolaghat–Deulti |
Old Naini Bridge[34] | Yamuna River | 1,006 | 3,301 | 1865 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
New Naini Bridge[35] | Yamuna River | 1,006 | 3,301 | 2005 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
Teesta bridge at Paharpur, Jalpaiguri | Teesta River | 1,000 | 3,300 | 1968 | Rail-cum-road | West Bengal | Jalpaiguri |
Balawali Bridge (Anderson Bridge)[36] | Ganges River | 1,000 | 3,300 | 1888 | Rail | Uttar Pradesh | Balawali |
Chamravattom Regulator-cum-Bridge[37] | Bharathappuzha | 978 | 3,209 | 2012 | Road | Kerala | Chamravattom |
Vivekananda Setu | Hooghly River | 900 | 3,000 | 1932 | Rail-cum-road | West Bengal | Dakshineswar–Bally |
Nivedita Setu[38] | Hooghly River | 900 | 3,000 | 2007 | Road | West Bengal | Dakshineswar–Bally |
Coleroon Bridge[39] | The Kollidam | 900 | 3,000 | 2012 | Road | Tamil Nadu | Tiruchirappalli |
Valmiki Bridge | Gandak River | 894 | 2,933 | 2001 | Rail-cum-Road | Up-Bihar | Paniyahawa |
Chambal Bridge | Chambal River | 880 | 2,890 | 2016 | Road | Rajasthan | Dholpur |
Subansiri Railway Bridge | Subansiri River | 850 | 2,790 | 1966 | Rail | Assam | Gogamukh-North Lakhimpur |
Subansiri River Bridge | Subansiri River | 841 | 2,759 | 1966 | Road | Assam | Gogamukh-North Lakhimpur |
Vidyasagar Setu[40] | Hooghly River | 825 | 2,707 | 1992 | Road | West Bengal | Kolkata |
Netravati Bridge[41] | Netravati River | 812.5 | 2,666 | 1965 | Road | Karnataka | Mangalore |
Paramathi Velur Bridge (NH 7)[27] | Cauvery River | 800 | 2,600 | ? | Road | Tamil Nadu | Pugalur–Velur |
Yamuna Bridge[42] | Yamuna River | 784 | 2,572 | ? | Road | Himachal Pradesh | Paonta Sahib |
Lord Curzon Bridge[43] | Ganges River | 750 | 2,460 | 1865 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad |
Jajmau Bridge[44] | Ganges River | 729 | 2,392 | 2011 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Jajmau |
Dayang Railway Bridge | Dayang River | 720 | 2,360 | 1970 | Rail | Assam | Haflong |
Howrah Bridge (Ravindra Setu)[45] | Hooghly River | 705 | 2,313 | 1943 | Road | West Bengal | Kolkata |
Durgapur barrage | Damodar River | 695 | 2,280 | 1956 | Road | West Bengal | Duragpur |
Garmukteswar Bridge[13] | Ganges River | 675 | 2,215 | 1901 | Rail-cum-road | Uttar Pradesh | Garhmukteshwar |
Lav Kush Barrage | Ganges River | 650 | 2,130 | 2000 | Road | Uttar Pradesh | Kanpur |
See also
- List of longest bridges in the world
- List of road–rail bridges
- List of bridges in India
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