World’s tallest railway bridge picks pace in Mnp.

[caption id="attachment_222375" align="alignleft" width="225"] Seen the picture is the World’s tallest railway pier bridge being constructed near Noney in Manipur.[/caption] Dimapur, Dec. 8 (EMN): Northeast Frontier Railway Construction Organisation has achieved a major milestone with the construction of more than 100 meter tall pier, making it the World’s tallest railway pier bridge being constructed near Noney in Manipur. The bridge is being constructed over Ijai river near Noney as part of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new BG line project — 111 Km. The pier with a height of 141-meter will surpass the existing record of 139-meter of Mala-Rijeka viaduct near Montenegro in Europe. The total length of the bridge will be 703-meter, senior public relations officer of NFR Construction Organization said. “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. Self-erecting electric lifts at each pier cater to the safe and speedy conveyance of men and materials to the top. The steel girders are pre-fabricated in a workshop, transported in segments and erected at site by Cantilever launching scheme,” the officer said.