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PM to inaugurate country’s longest rail-road bridge

The inauguration of the bridge will coincide with the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, under whose government the work for the bridge had started in 2002. 

PM to inaugurate country’s longest rail-road bridge
The third girder of the 4.95-km Bogibeel rail-cum-road bridge on the Brahmaputra near Dibrugarh, was launched last week. A national project, the bridge is being constructed by the railways. ( Source: Express photo )

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Tuesday inaugurate the 4.94 km-long Bogibeel Bridge, India’s longest rail-road bridge, over the Brahmaputra.

The inauguration of the bridge will coincide with the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, under whose government the work for the bridge had started in 2002.