COROMANDEL EXPRESS PASSING THROUGH FAMOUS GODAVARI RIVER RAJAHMUNDRY | கோதாவரி ஆறு, ராஜமுந்திரி

#Godavari #River #Rajahmundry #Coromandel #Express #Railcumroadbridge #Howrah #Chennai #Lallaguda #WAP7 #Kovvuru #holyriver #longestriver #Prestigioustrain #Southcentralrailways #Southeasternrailways #Eastcoastalrailways #Indianrailways Wish u all a Happy New Year 2022. May God bless all with good health abruptly..!! Part 1: (Bhubaneswar and Puri Trip Series) The legendary Howrah - Chennai Coromandel SF Express departing from Rajahmundry and passing through the Holy and Famous GODAVARI river. This Godavari river bridge is a Rail cum Road bridge which was inaugurated in 1974 by President of India. Do watch the action by Legendary Coromandel express over GODAVARI rail cum road bridge. Train - 12841 Howrah - Chennai Coromandel SF Express Loco - Lallaguda LGD WAP7 30563 Do like, Share, Subscribe and press bell icon for instant updates..!! Do Follow us on Facebook -   / ksrjunction​​​​   Do follow us on Instagram -   / ksr_junction   About Godavari Rail cum Road Bridge: The Godavari Bridge or Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bridge is truss bridge spanning Godavari River in Rajahmundry, India. It is India's third longest road-cum-rail bridge crossing a water body, first one is The Bogibeel Bridge is rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river in the Dibrugarh district of Assam state in north-east India and second is Digha–Sonpur Bridge over Ganges in Bihar. The Godavari bridge is 4.1 kilometers (2.8 km Rail part & 4.1 km Road part) long consisting of 27 spans of 91.5 m and 7 spans of 45.72 m of which 6 spans of 45.72m are in 6 deg. curve at long Rajahmundry end to make up for the built up area. The bridge has a road deck over the single track rail deck, similar to the Grafton Bridge in New South Wales, Australia. This bridge, in addition to Godavari Arch Bridge, has been widely used to represent Rajahmundry in arts, media, and culture. It is one of the recognized symbols of Rajahmundry. History of the bridge: During the Third Five-Year plan doubling of railway track between Chennai-Howrah was planned. Most of the route had been doubled except the small stretch of track between Kovvur and Rajahmundry where a bridge had to be built to span the three kilometer long Godavari River. During 1964, the construction of second bridge across Godavari river at Rajahmundry was sanctioned as a part of doubling of track between Kovvur and Rajahmundry. But there had been a persistent demand from local population for construction of a road link between Kovvur and Rajahmundry, which would essentially link East Godavari and West Godavari districts. The Andhra Pradesh State Government came forward with the proposal to add a road deck over the rail bridge under construction as a part of doubling the railway track between Chennai-Howrah. It was commissioned by South Central Railway division of Indian Railways. Construction of the bridge began in the early 1970s by Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company, a group company of Bharat Bhari Udyog Nigam Limited. When completed it was Asia's longest rail cum road bridge. It was inaugurated by the then President of India, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed in 1974.