PAMBAN BRIDGE, INDIAS FIRST SEA BRIDGE ,RAILWAY SEA BRIODGE

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Pamban bridge is a oldest railway bridge in India it completed 100 years in  feb 24 /2014 . pamban bridge is first indian sea bridge and also biggest and longest

sea railway bridge in India until bandra worli sea link 2010

 

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 

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

MSL (MEAN SEA LEVEL)

 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

LOCAL LANGUAGE

  • Tamil

BEST VISITING MONTHS

  • October to march

TIME ZONE OF RAMESHWARAM

  • IST (UTC +5.30 )

COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROJECT

  • Construction of pamban bridge commence in 1911 as meter gaze
  • pamban bridge completed  in  december 1913
  • project commissioned (or ) open on 24 feb 1914

STRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE

  • 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

USED METIRIAL FOR BRIDGE

  • 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

GREAT NESS OF THE PROJECT

  • 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.

PLACES IN RAMESHWARM

    • Ramanathaswamy Temple
    • Pamban Bridge
    • Adam’s Bridge
    • Agni Tirtham
    • 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

     NEAR AIR PORTS

    • Trivandrum 
    • Madurai 
    • Tiruchirapalli

    NEAR RAILWAY STATION

    • Rameshwaram railway station
  • Some cities in india distance from rameshwaram

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