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India will have the highest railway bridge in the world by 2016, over the river Chenab.
The 1.3-km-long bridge is a part of the 73-km-long Katra-Dharam section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project being executed to provide rail connectivity to the Kashmir valley.
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Chenab River Railway Bridge
Height: 1,053 feet
Main span length: 1,509 feet
Place: Katra, Jammu-Kashmir, India
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Beipanjiang River Railway Bridge
Height: 902 feet
Main span length: 771 feet
Place: Guizhou, China
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Mala Rijeka Viaduct
Height: 650 feet
Main span length: 495 feet
Place: Podgorica, Montenegro
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Anjikhad Railway Bridge
Height: 610 feet
Main span length: 869 feet
Place: Katra, Jammu-Kashmir
(To be completed by 2015)
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Qingshuihe River Railway Bridge
Height: 600 feet
Main span length: 420 feet
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Pit River Bridge
Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Bridge
Height: 500 feet
Main span length: 630 feet
Place: Shasta Lake, California, United States
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Caijiagou Railway Viaduct
Height: 495 feet
Main span length: 394 feet
Place: Liduzhen, Chongqing China
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Santa Giustina Railway 1959 Bridge
Height: 475 feet
Main span: 256 feet
Place: Dermulo, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy
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Viaduct 13
Height: 469 feet
Main span: 98 feet
Place: Mu um, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Santa Giustina Railway 1890 Bridge
Height: 460 feet
Main span: 197 feet
Place: Dermulo, Trentino-Alto-Adige, Italy
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Yesanhe River Railway Bridge
Main height: 459 feet
Main span: 407 feet
Place: Gaopingzhen, Hubei, China
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Dukouhe Railway Bridge
Height: 459 feet
Main span: 420 feet
Place: Tunbaoxiang, Enshi, China
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West Branch Feather River Bridge
Height: 450 feet
Main span: 576 feet
Place: Cherokee, California United States
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Viaduct of Fades
Height: 435 feet
Main span: 473 feet
Place: Sauret-Besserve, France
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Metlac Railway Bridge
Height: 295 feet
Main span: 430 feet
Place: Veracruz, Mexico
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Victoria Falls Bridge
Height: 420 feet
Main span length: 513 feet
Place: Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
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Qinghegou Railway Bridge
Height: 413 feet
Main span length: 472 feet
Place: Wubu, Shaanxi China
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Mashuihe River Railway Bridge
Height: 410 feet
Main span length: 383 feet
Place: Enshi, Hubei, China
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Garabit Viaduct
Height: 407 feet
Main span length: 540 feet
Place: St. Flour, Auvergne, France
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Big Nurnus Bridge
Height: 397 feet
Main span length: 525 feet
Place: Yerevan, Armenia
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Pfaffenberg-Zwenberg Bridge
Height: 394 feet
Main span length: 656 feet
Place: Karnten, Austria
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Longwangmiao Railway Bridge
Height: 394 feet
Main span length: 381 feet
Place: Sanlixiang, Hubei, China
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Huatupo Bridge
Height: 394 feet
Main span length: 341 feet
Place: Zhaotong, Yunnan, China
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Luobuxi Railway Bridge
Height: 394 feet
Main span length: 584 feet
Place: Tuchengxiang, Hubei, China
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Lizigou Railway Bridge
Height: 394 feet
Main span length: 420 feet
Place: Guanfenghaizhen, Guizhou, China
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Ghotour Bridge
Height: 390 feet
Main span length: 732 feet
Place: Khoy, West Azarbaijian, Iran
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Ulla Viaduct
Height: 384 feet
Main span length: 551 feet
Place: Ponte Ulla, Galicia, Spain
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Viaur Railway Bridge
Height: 383 feet
Main span length: 721 feet
Place: Tanus, Tarn, France
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High Steel Bridge
Height: 365 feet
Main span length: 366 feet
Place: Shelton, Washington, United States
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Niujiaoping Railway Bridge
Height: 364 feet
Main span length: 630 feet
Place: Ziyang, Shaanxi, China
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