Srikrishna Setu Munger Ganga Bridge (Hindi: श्रीकृष्ण सेतु मुंगेर गंगा पुल), is a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges, at Munger in the Indian state of Bihar.The bridge connects Munger District Munger-Jamalpur twin cities to various districts of North Bihar. Srikrishna Setu Munger Ganga Bridge is the third rail-cum-road bridge over Ganga in Bihar.
The 3.692-kilometre-long (2.294 mi) bridge costing Rs. 9,300 million is located 55 km downstream of the Rajendra Setu near Mokama and 68 km upstream of the Vikramshila Setu at Bhagalpur. The bridge will form a link between NH 33 on the southern side of the Ganges and NH 31 on the northern side of the Ganges. Shrikrishna Setu connects Jamalpur Junction and Ratanpur railway station on the Sahibganj Loop line of Eastern Railway through a new junction namely Sabdalpur Junction on north end of bridge to Sahebpur Kamal Junction and Khagaria Junction on the Barauni-Katihar section of East Central Railway.The Bridge connects districts of Begusarai and Khagaria to the Divisional headquarters Munger city.
Construction work on the bridge was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, through video conference system, in 2002.Bridge was formally opened for freight trains on 12 March 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.It was finally opened for passenger trains on 11 April 2016 by Minister of state for Railways, Manoj Sinha by flagging off Begusarai-Jamalpur DEMU train. In his inaugural speech the MOS Mr. Manoj Sinha announced that the bridge will be named " Sri Krishna Setu " " श्रीकृष्ण सेतु " in the honour of the Great Freedom Fighter, Premier and 1st Chief Minister and Architect of Modern Bihar "Bihar Keshri" Dr. Srikrishna Sinha "Sri Babu".Road on bridge is complete too but approach roads are not ready due to lack of land acquisition
The 3.692-kilometre-long (2.294 mi) bridge costing Rs. 9,300 million is located 55 km downstream of the Rajendra Setu near Mokama and 68 km upstream of the Vikramshila Setu at Bhagalpur. The bridge will form a link between NH 33 on the southern side of the Ganges and NH 31 on the northern side of the Ganges. Shrikrishna Setu connects Jamalpur Junction and Ratanpur railway station on the Sahibganj Loop line of Eastern Railway through a new junction namely Sabdalpur Junction on north end of bridge to Sahebpur Kamal Junction and Khagaria Junction on the Barauni-Katihar section of East Central Railway.The Bridge connects districts of Begusarai and Khagaria to the Divisional headquarters Munger city.Construction work on the bridge was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, through video conference system, in 2002.Bridge was formally opened for freight trains on 12 March 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.It was finally opened for passenger trains on 11 April 2016 by Minister of state for Railways, Manoj Sinha by flagging off Begusarai-Jamalpur DEMU train. In his inaugural speech the MOS Mr. Manoj Sinha announced that the bridge will be named " Sri Krishna Setu " " श्रीकृष्ण सेतु " in the honour of the Great Freedom Fighter, Premier and 1st Chief Minister and Architect of Modern Bihar "Bihar Keshri" Dr. Srikrishna Sinha "Sri Babu".Road on bridge is complete too but approach roads are not ready due to lack of land acquisition
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