The Vallarpadam ICT Railway bridge
Images from the construction site of the 4.6km long bridge connecting Edapalli to the proposed International Container Terminal at Vallarpadam, at Ernakulam in Kerala. Images by Jimmy Jose.
A girder being taken to be put in place on the huge bridge (Jimmy Jose)
A makeshift crane leaves for the construction area with some stuff and people (Jimmy Jose)
Far away, the bridge has crossed an island and is continuing to the mainland. Construction is going on (Jimmy Jose)
Another view of the mammoth bridge. An engineering marvel indeed. Imagine a huge container train, definitely hauled by a diesel! on the bridge (Jimmy Jose)
Landing of the bridge on mainland at Vallarpadom (Jimmy Jose)
The bridge ends and the makeshift extrawide railway line continues to the mainland. The wide railway line will be replaced with broad gauge when the bridge is operational (Jimmy Jose)
The equipment used to transport girders across. A new girder is being built (Jimmy Jose)
A dredger provide support pumping sand from the lake bed. Look at the pipes used to pump sand and mud (Jimmy Jose)
India's longest railway bridge under construction. The 4.6 km long bridge will connect the Inland Container Terminal at Vallarpadom near Cochin to the main line at Edapally. The total length of the railway line is 8.2 km. (Jimmy Jose)