Munger Ganga Bridge

Srikrishna Setu Munger Ganga Bridge (Hindi: श्रीकृष्ण सेतु मुंगेर गंगा पुल), is a rail-cum-road bridge across the Ganges, at Munger in the Indian state of Bihar.[1] The bridge connects Munger District Munger-Jamalpur twin cities to various districts of North Bihar. Srikrishna Setu Munger Ganga Bridge is the third rail-cum-road bridge over Ganga in Bihar.

Sri Krishna Setu Bridge
श्रीकृष्ण सेतु
Coordinates	25.3984°N 86.4576°E / 25.3984; 86.4576
Carries	Rail-Road
Crosses	Ganges
Locale	Munger-Begusarai , Munger-Khagaria , NH 33, NH 31
Official name	Shrikrishna Setu
Characteristics
Design	Warren truss
Material	Steel
Total length	3,750 metres (12,300 ft)
Width	12.25 metres (40.2 ft)
Longest span	123.9 metres (406 ft)
No. of spans	29
History
Construction start	2002
Opened	12 March 2016 (rail part)
Location

Munger Ganga Bridge Rail Route(Red)

The 3.750-kilometre-long (2.330 mi) bridge costing Rs. 9,300 million is located 60 kilometres (37 mi) downstream of the Rajendra Setu near Mokama and 63 kilometres (39 mi) upstream of the Vikramshila Setu at Bhagalpur. The bridge will form a link between NH 33 on the southern side of the Ganges and NH 31 on the northern side of the Ganges. Shrikrishna Setu connects Jamalpur Junction and Ratanpur railway station on the Sahibganj Loop line of Eastern Railway through a new junction namely Sabdalpur Junction on north end of bridge to Sahebpur Kamal Junction and Khagaria Junction on the Barauni-Katihar section of East Central Railway.[2] The Bridge connects districts of Begusarai and Khagaria to the Divisional headquarters Munger city.

Construction work on the bridge was inaugurated by Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister, through video conference system, in 2002.[3] Bridge was formally opened for freight trains on 12 March 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.[4] It was finally opened for passenger trains on 11 April 2016 by Minister of state for Railways, Manoj Sinha by flagging off Begusarai-Jamalpur DEMU train. In his inaugural speech the MOS Mr. Manoj Sinha announced that the bridge will be named " Sri Krishna Setu " " श्रीकृष्ण सेतु " in the honour of the Great Freedom Fighter, Premier and 1st Chief Minister and Architect of Modern Bihar "Bihar Keshri" Dr. Srikrishna Sinha "Sri Babu".[5] Road on bridge is complete too but approach roads are not ready due to lack of land acquisition.