"(IR)3 Phase Monster Lallaguda WAG 9 Snakes out of Arch Bridge on River Godavari With BCNA Rake."
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Video Taken on 02nd October 2012.
Time-12:42 PM
Location-Godavari(GVN),Vijayawada Division,South Central Railways.
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10 Minuter After late running 12864 Crossed Godavari Station,Lallaguda WAG 9 # 31135 Hauled BCNA Rake Snakes out of Massive ARCH Bridge on river Godavari and Glides past Godavari Railway Station(GVN).PSR of 50 kmph towards RJY.
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My Father was Right behind Me and was holding the umbrella.
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Much About ARCH Bridge:(Source-Wikipedia)
The Godavari Arch Bridge is a bowstring-girder bridge that spans the Godavari river in Rajahmundry, India. It is the latest of the three bridges that span the Godavari river at Rajahmundry. The Havelock Bridge being the earliest, was built in 1897, and having served its full utility, was decommissioned in 1997. [1][2] The second bridge known as the Godavari Bridge is a truss bridge and is Asia's second longest railroad bridge. The bridge is one of the longest span prestressed concrete arch bridge in Asia.The Indian Railways who built this bridge have stated that "It is perhaps for the first time anywhere in the world that a bowstring arch girder using concrete has been constructed for such a long span of 97.55 metres (320.0 ft), and that too for the Railway loading.
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The bridge is located in two channels, the Kovvur channel and the Rajahmundry channel, and hence the bridge is also known as the Kovvur-Rajahmundry Bridge. The Rajahmundry channel has a deep rocky bed, and even the water level is 18--20 metres (59--66 ft). Comparatively the Kovur channel is shallow with a water depth of about 8--10 metres (26--33 ft) and riverbed is made up of clay deposits.
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The bridge, built by the Hindustan Construction Company, for the Indian Railways, was designed by Bureau BBR, Switzerland, and checked by Leonard Andrea and Partners, GermanyConstruction on the bridge began in 1991 and lasted till 1997. It was commissioned for passenger traffic in March 1997 and became fully operational for running trains by the Indian Railways from 2003.
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