Officials On Why Rameswaram's Pamban Bridge Is Railways' Newest Marvel
The new 2.05-kilometre Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu's Rameswaram, India's first vertical lift railway sea bridge, is set to be inaugurated in the next few weeks. Dubbed the "modern engineering marvel", it will replace the existing century-old British-era bridge.
Speaking to NDTV, an official said the bridge will have 100 spans of 18.3 metres each and one navigational span of 63 metres. It will be 3 metres higher than the existing 111-year-old bridge, he said.
"It will improve tourism in the area," he said.
Another official said the bridge was built using various artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
"The AI technologies are used more in the lifting mechanism when wind velocity reaches more than 50 kmph," he explained.
Ships will be able to pass underneath the new bridge very easily and won't require any manpower, he added.
