New Pamban Bridge - India's first vertical lift bridge
Channel: Engineering Eagle
Date: 04/07/2020

Replacing the 104-year-old Pamban bridge connecting Rameswaram to mainland India, the Railways plans to build the country's first vertical-lift bridge that will make way for ships and steamers to pass through.

The more than two-kilometre-long bridge, which is likely to cost Rs 250 crore, will have a 63-metre stretch which will lift up while remaining parallel to the deck to allow access to the ships, the official said.

It will be ready in the next four years, and along with the new railway link between Rameswaram in Pamban Island and Dhanuskodi, which is considered the starting point of Ram Setu, will help ferry thousands of pilgrims from the Hindu religious site to the mainland.