Lord Curzon Bridge is a road and rail bridge spanning the River Ganges and connecting Prayagraj with Phaphamau from the Teliarganj area of India.[1][2] The bridge is 914 meters long.[3] It was sanctioned as state railway bridge in 1901 and was built for both railway and vehicle traffic.[3][4][5] The bridge consists of single broad gauge line with roadway on the top. The usage of the bridge for road traffic started on 20 December 1905 and for railways on 15 June 1905.[1][3][2][5] The bridge was closed in 1998 due to safety concerns.[6]
Sunrise scene near Lord Curzon Bridge Phaphamau
The bridge was in talks in 2017 as the commissioner requested the government to develop the bridge into a heritage site instead of dismantling it.[2] As per the reports of the officials, Uttar Pradesh government requested the railways to hand over it to the state government rather than dismantling it. This was later agreed by the Railways.[1][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Deciding Against Dismantling, Railways To Hand Over Lord Curzon Bridge To Uttar Pradesh Government For Preservation". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ a b c "UP: Plan afoot to make skywalk over historic Curzon Bridge". Hindustan Times. 2017-10-13. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ a b c Arvind Chauhan (Mar 1, 2021). "Railways abandoned Lord Curzon bridge of Prayagraj to be redeveloped as skywalk by UP government". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ a b "Lord Curzon bridge develop as heritage place and skywalk". Dainik Bhaskar.
- ^ a b c "115 साल पुराना हुआ गंगा नदी पर बना कर्जन पुल, जानिए कब गुजरी थी इस पुल से आखिरी और पहली ट्रेन Prayagraj News". Dainik Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ "Discarded Curzon Bridge To Be Converted Into Ganga Museum". The Times of India. April 8, 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-21.