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New Delhi : Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) supplied around 35,400 metric tonnes of steel for the construction of Bogibeel Road-cum-Rail Bridge over river Brahmaputra in Assam. This quantity is little more than 50% of the total quantity of steel supplied for the bridge.
SAIL has also supplied TMT rebars, plates and structural for this 4.94 km long bridge, which has composite welded steel truss girders in its structures. Earlier, SAIL had supplied 90% steel for the construction of the Dhola-Sadiya bridge in Assam, which is India’s longest bridge.
The 4.9 km-long bridge over river Brahmaputra river is Asia’s second longest rail-cum-road bridge. It has a serviceable period of 120 years, according to a PIB release.