Sampreeti Bridge
Rail bridge in West Bengal, India
Sampreeti Setu or Sampreeti Bridge is a railway bridge on Hooghly River located near Hugli-Chuchura. This bridge was inaugurated on 17 April 2016. It is situated between Garifa railway station and Hooghly Ghat railway station in the Naihati-Bandel branch line. This bridge has been built as an alternative to the Jubilee Bridge (India). The bridge is 415 meters long.
Construction history
In 2000, the Indian Railway minister took the project to build this bridge, but the project got clearance in 2003 and construction commenced thereafter. The foundation and substructure was constructed by Gammon India Limited and the work was completed in 2008. The bridge was constructed by Tantia Constructions Limited. The work on superstructure of bridge was started in 2010 by Eastern Railway under supervision of Mr. Ajeet Kumar, Chief Engineer of Eastern Railway.
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