India's Longest Railway Bridge: List of Top 10 Longest Railway Bridges in India 2022

Indian Railways is the 4th largest National Railway System in the World with the route length of over 67,856 km and 126,366 km (78,520 mi) of track length, as of March 31, 2022. When we talk about Indian Railways, we all remember some beautiful memories of our journeys. These memories include the valleys, the bridges over the rivers, the streams and the tunnels which seems to be adventurous.

So today in this article we are going to tell you about the top 10 longest bridges of Indian Railways that not only provide a significant means of connectivity but also make our journey beautiful.

Indian Railway Bridges

Railway Bridges that connect two points over an obstacle and provide a way to Indian Railway are of total 147253 in numbers as of April 1, 2018. There are around 37,689 railway bridges that are over 100 years old. Surprisingly these numbers include around 6680 bridges that are over 140 years old. These types of bridges are also known as the Grandpa Bridges of Indian Railways.

List of Top 10 Longest Railway Bridges

	A	B	C	D
	Name of Bridge	Length	Place	River
1	Vembanad Bridge	4,520 m	Connects Edappally and Vallarpadam in Kochi, Kerala	Vembanad lake
2	Nehru Setu Rail Bridge	3,059 m	Connects Dehri-on-Son River and Son Nagar, Bihar	Son River
3	Godavari Arch Bridge	2,745 m	Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh	Godavari River
4	Havelock Bridge	2,700 m	Andhra Pradesh	Godavari River
5	Mahanadi Rail Bridge	2880 m	Bhootmundei, Odisha	Mahanadi
6	Pamban Bridge	2065 m	Connects Rameswaram on Pamban Island to mainland of Tamilnadu	Indian Ocean
7	Sharavathi River Bridge	2060 m	Karnataka	Sharavati river
8	Konkan Railway Bridge or Zuari Bridge	1319 m	Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka	Zuari river
9	Balawali Railway Bridge	840 m	Laksar Najibabad Railway route, Uttar Pradesh	Ganga River
10	Jubilee Bridge Hooghly	482 m	Connects Naihati and Bandel of Calcutta, West-Bengal	Hooghly between Naihati and Bandel at Calcutta