NF Railway Construction Organisation has recently achieved a major advancement in constructing first ever 100 metre tall pier bridge coming up across river Makru in Tamenglong District of Manipur, in Indian Railways.
The bridge is a part of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new BG line project (111 Km). There are total 47 tunnels in the project. The longest tunnel, Tunnel No 12 with a length of 10.280 Km. will be the longest railway tunnel in the Northeast.
The 555 metre long bridge is being constructed across the valley of river Makru in Tamenglong district of Manipur with a pier height of 100 metre (equivalent to 33 storied building). The steel girders are pre-fabricated in a workshop at Kolkata, transported in segments and erected at site by Cantilever launching scheme which requires very meticulous planning and execution. Indian Railways Engineers have successfully demonstrated their expertise. It is mentioned that during the entire works of open web Girder launching, no mishappening has occurred.
Despite facing difficult terrain, plagued by poor infrastructure facilities the last Open Web Girder of the Bridge launched successfully on Friday.
