Industrialist Anand Mahindra is known to be quite active on social media and one of his latest tweets has a suggestion for the next James Bond movie. Retweeting a photo of the Chenab bridge, Mahindra wrote “extraordinary achievement” and suggested it could be the scene for the next James Bond movie opening.
The original tweet posted by civil servant Ankur Lahoty contained some interesting facts about the bridge. It said that this was not just the world’s highest railway bridge but also a reflection of India’s scientific prowess.
See Anand Mahindra and Ankur Lahoty’s tweets below:
Twitter users also had some interesting suggestions to make on the post.
{{/usCountry}}Twitter users also had some interesting suggestions to make on the post.
{{/usCountry}}See some tweets below:
According to Railways officials, the Chenab bridge is being constructed 359 metres above Chenab’s river bed and will be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower (which has a height of 324 metre).
The length of the Chenab bridge will be 1,315 metres with 17 spans, of which the span of the main arch across Chenab river will be 467 metres. The viaduct portion comprises a straight and curved portion. The curvilinear portion is located on a 2.74-degree sharp curve.
What do you think about this marvellous bridge?