The Indian Railway plans to complete the Chenab Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir by 2016, making it the world`s highest rail bridge.
The arch shaped bridge across Chenab river-bed in Resai district, which will be five times the heigjht of Qutab Minar at 359 m above river bed, will connect Baramulla and Srinagar to Jammu via Udhampur-Katra-Qazigund covering the entire route in about seven hours.
The 1,315 m-long engineering marvell would boast of several unique features.Trains can cruise at 100 kmph on the structure, which would have a life span of 120 years.
