The Kashmir Railway in India is being built to connect the state of Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of the country. Officially termed the Jammu- Udhampur- Srinagar- Baramulla Railway Link, the railway line starts from Jammu and will travel for 345 km to Baramulla on the northwestern edge of the Kashmir Valley. The route crosses major earthquake zones, and is subjected to extreme temperatures of cold and heat and inhospitable terrain, making it an extremely challenging engineering project.
This project is, perhaps, the most difficult new railway line project undertaken on Indian subcontinent. The terrain passes through young Himalayas, which are full of geological surprises and numerous problems. This alignment requires construction of 62 important major bridges and minor bridges. The alignment also requires, interalia, construction of 35 no. of tunnels.
To have a railway line connecting Udhampur to the Kashmir valley, the Chenab river need to be crossed. A mega bridge over river Chenab (1.315 km long) has been planned near Salal village. This bridge will have a steel main arch to cross the Chenab gorge and a viaduct with steel girders on concrete piers. The rail height from the river bed will be 359 mts. which will make it the tallest railway bridge in the world.
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