The movement of vehicles on this bridge will ease traffic.

Pontoon bridge in bihar. Nine people died when a pick-up van carrying a marriage party fell from a pontoon bridge into river Ganga in Patnas Danapur locality on Friday. Find Best Hotels In Hajipur. The pontoon bridge saves the villagers a detour of nearly 150 kilometres to reach Supaul and Madhepura districts in Bihar and also to reach Nepal.

The boat bridge is risky and can collapse anytime. The casualties were reported districts like Aurangabad Lakhisarai patna Purnia Darbhanga Supaul and Araria. It was dissembled before the monsoon and has once again been assembled.

The 3km pontoon bridge is being constructed to reduce the load on the Gandhi Setu the only road link which between north Bihar and Patna which is set to undergo major overhaul. By Bihar Post Desk Last updated May 9 2017. Its 250000 inhabitants now have only seasonal link pontoon bridge a.

However every time a ship has to cross several pontoons have to be separate out and removed from bridge to allow the ship to pass. At least nine members of a family died when the SUV they were. Officials of Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd BRPNNL a nodal agency setting up the pontoon bridge said the bridge is ready for use but a final decision would be taken by the district administration.

The bridge which has been constructed parallel to the Mahatma Gandhi setu Asias longest cantilever bridge will connect Patna with Hajipur which is headquarters of Vaishali district. Although small buses cars loaded vans and even government vehicles bumpily cross this Nauka Setu no scientific study has ever been done on how much load the bridge should be allowed to carry. It will have a transformational impact by promoting the geographical integration of Bihar and help balance the social economic development.

The main bridge structure of about 98 kilometers km is expected to become the longest river bridge in India. Pontoon bridge near Gandhi Setu in Patna and ship waiting to cross the. The actual length of the pontoon bridge is around 2 km comprising 157 pontoons constructed on the river Ganga a Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Ltd BRPNNL an agency entrusted with job of constructing the pontoon bridge official said.