Indian Railways is constructing the world’s tallest pier bridge in Manipur. The piers of the bridge are constructed using hydraulic augers, the tall piers needed specially designed “slip-form technique” to ensure efficient and continual construction.
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The bridge is being constructed across river Ijai near Noney.
It is an engineering marvel because the tallest pier height will be 141 meter.
It will surpass the existing record of 139 meter of Mala – Rijeka viaduct, Montenegro in Europe.
The Manipur bridge is located at the hilly terrain of Marangching village in Noney district, about 65 km west of Imphal.
The bridge is a part of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new BG line project. The total length of the bridge will be 703 meter.
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