Pamban bridge connected main land of tamil nadu torameshwaram or pamban i land . It was not just like a bridge but it major tourist attraction in tamilnadu.
Pamban bridge is a engineers marvaless that awe stuck with its science beauty .The bridge was constructed at a time when technology was not advance . It stands out as a fine example of construction
The pamban bridge was designed by german engineer scherzer rolling lift bridge company chicago
Bridge constructed by washing ton and co Ltd thorney on tees
LOCATION
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| LOCATIION OF RAMESHWARAM |
Pamban bridge, located Ramanathapuram district within the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu in India . It is located on Pamban Island separated from mainland India by the Pamban channel ,
LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE
- 9. 28339.16 North latitude
- 79. 3000 17.60 East longitude
Sea level of rameshwaram is (0 )
CLIMATE OF RAMESHWARAM
Climate of rameshwaram is very different there is no variation temperature in summer and winter
- maximum temperature 37 c
- minimum temperature 17 c
- in summer temperature 30 to 38 c
- in winter temperature 25 to 30
- Rain fall 50 CM
- Tamil
- October to march
- IST (UTC +5.30 )
- Construction of pamban bridge commence in 1911 as meter gaze
- pamban bridge completed in december 1913
- project commissioned (or ) open on 24 feb 1914
- The railway bridge is located 12.5 metres (41 ft) above sea level
- Length of bridge 2065 meter( or) 6776 ft
- pillars of the bridge 143
- Spans of the bridge 145
- Length of spans 40 feets total no 143
- 1 span length 43 feet
- 1 span length 44 ft
- 4000 tonnes cement
- 1,36,000 cubic feet clay
- 18,000 cubic feet crushed metal
- 1,63, 000 cubic feet sand
- 80,000 cubic feet boulder
- It has 145 spans of 12.20m steel girder and one Scherzer navigational rolling lift Span 225
- This bridge longest span which is 289 feet (88m ) long.
- The approximate estimated cost of construction is 537.57 lakh rupees.
- 600 workers were involved in the construction of this bridge.
- Indian Railways is vying to bring the bridge in the Unesco's world heritage list.
- double-leaf bascule section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. Until 1988, the Pamban bridge was the only surface transport that connected
- The bridge is located in the world's second most corrosive environment after florida
- double-leaf bascule section with a Scherzer rolling type lift span which will be raised to let ships pass. Each half the lifting span weighs 415 tonnes (457 tons) .The 2 leaves of the bridge are opened manually using levers.
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- Pamban Bridge
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- Jada Tirtham
- Dhanushkodi Temple
- Gandhamadhana Parvatham
- Five Faced Hanuman Temple
- Nambu Nayaki Amman Temple
- Water Bird Sanctuary
- Ariyaman Beach
- Kothandaramaswamy Temple
- Annai Indira Gandhi Road Bridge
- Lakshmana Theertham
- Villoondi Tirtham
- Jatayu Tirtham Temple
- Thirupullani Rameswaram
- Trivandrum
- Madurai
- Tiruchirapalli
- Rameshwaram railway station
- Some cities in india distance from rameshwaram
- Chennai-------600 km
- Calcutta-------2211 km
- Bhopal---------2023km
- Hyderabad--1149km
- Mumbai--------1568 km
- Kochi--------443km
- Bangalore----581km
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