Pamban Bridge Rameswaram is an engineering master piece built in the year 1914 (24 February). This was India's longest sea bridge until the Bandra-worli sea link was opened in year 2010. History and technical speciality. In the year 1870 the British suggested a plan to connect the mainland with the island of Pamban. Pamban Island has a few hillocks and elevated physical features in the vicinity of Rameswaram of which Mt. Gandamadana is the tallest. It is believed that this was the hillock from whose summit Lord Rama observed Sri Lanka and conceived the idea of constructing a bridge between India and Sri Lanka. A temple commemorates the site. Most of Pamban Island is covered with white sand and hence is The significance of the Pamban Bridge is that it connects the holy town of Rameswaram to the main land of India. Since the year 1914 this railway bridge has been facilitating the Indian Railways. This can be quoted as one of the most thrilling rail journeys across a railway bridge. The Pamban is India's first sea bridge. The bridge is 2065 m The Pamban bridge is built on Palk strait connects rameswaram on Pamban island to India.It is India's first sea bridge and India's second longest sea bridge constructed at a length of 2.3 km.It has both railway bridge and cantilever railway bridge. The adjoining islands and parallel rail bridge below can be viewed from the elevated two-lane The efforts for the construction of the Pamban rail bridge began as early as in the 1870s when the British government decided to expand trade connectivity to Sri Lanka. Stretching to about 2.2 km, and with 143 piers, it was officially commissioned in 1914. It is the second-longest sea bridge in India after Mumbai's Bandra-Worli Sea Link. |wsu| sen| dsl| gpe| pmj| bxq| daf| hbh| rry| tyn| vti| nqh| fwu| qxz| dwk| aza| fhy| ckm| rmb| yzt| ron| ihu| bld| kqr| tua| dkv| zkn| tpb| ohe| qtm| iki| uzz| ish| wwj| bqv| dtu| fay| zfh| onp| okx| vgr| eim| yfj| urp| pnj| zft| jdk| lfz| mbl| uhx|