Video Taken on May 27th 2012..
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A Small Compilation on Crossing Mighty Godavari River at Rajamundry on the ARCH Bridge.
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WAP 4 # 22512 24 Coach DN 12738 SC COA Gouthami SF Express Crosses the MIGHTY Godavari River on ARCH Bridge near Godavari(GVN).
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Sorry, for the Shake in the Video..
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Much About GOuthami SF Express:
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Until 1987,Slip COaches of Godavari was the only rail connectivity for People of Kakinada to the state capital.
the demand had Forced Railway Board to introduce a new train Between Kakinada-Hyderabad.
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in 1987-88 Railway Budget,the train was introduced.
Started running from October 3rd 1987,Kakinada Port Secunderabad jn Gouthami Express was named after Tributory river Gouthami.
the train got SF Status Along with Godavari Express in October 2006.both Gouthami & Godavari Are Considered as Sister trains.
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Gouthami SF Express(12737/38) Belongs to Vijayawada Division of South Central Railways.base Maintainance at Kakinada Port(COA).
the train is considered to be as lifeline of both East & west Godavari Districts.
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12737 Covers 563 Kms in 10 hours 15 minutes at avg Speed of 56 KMPH,18 Halts.
12738 Covers the Same distance in Same time at avg speed of 54 KMPH,19 Halts.
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The Godavari is a river that runs from western to southern India and is considered to be one of the big river basins in India. With a length of 1465 km, it is the second longest river in India (only after the Ganges),
that runs within the country and also the longest river in South India. It originates near Trimbak in Nashik District of Maharashtra state and flows east across the Deccan Plateau into the Bay of Bengal near Yanam and
Antarvedi in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.
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Rajahmundry, is the second largest city (Nashik is the largest city) on the banks of Godavari. At Rajahmundry, Godavari is in its widest form having a
width of approximately 5 km from Rajahmundry to the other bank at Kovvur.
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The Godavari Arch Bridge also called the Kovvur-Rajahmundry Bridge, is a new bridge built across the Godavari River in Rajamundry in Andhra Pradesh, India and is the third bridge in the series of bridges that exist on the river in the state.
The other two bridges located upstream of the new bridge are the Old Godavari Bridge, a stone bridge known as the Havelock Bridge built by Sir Arthur Cotton in 1897 and parallel to it (since decommissioned), and the second railway bridge, a truss bridge,a functioning rail cum road bridge called the Godavari Bridge
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The single-track railway bridge is designed to run trains at a speed of 160 miles (260 km) per hour and is designed to withstand wind speed of 200 miles (320 km) per hour during cyclonic storms that are anticipated at this location. The bridge is considered an outstanding example of expertise of the Indian Railways in this field.
The bridge, built by the Hindustan Construction Company, for the Indian Railways, was designed by M/S Bureau BBR, Switzerland and checked by M/S Leonard Andrea and Partners, Germany.
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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Source of Information- Wikipedia
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