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TOP 10 Main Features Of The Mahatma Gandhi Setu
Main Features Of The Mahatma Gandhi Setu
 The MG Setu is the longest steel bridge in India with a length of 5.6 km, approximately.- The four-lane bridge connects Patna with Hajipur.
- Dismantling activities completed in 8 months.
- It is for the first time in India that a superstructure of a balanced cantilever bridge has been replaced with a simply supported superstructure.
- The entire downstream lane has been completed in 18 months.
- Erection of steel superstructure completed in 13 months.
- 50 pier caps modified and cast in just 11 months.
- 66,360 MT steel has been used in bridge superstructure.
What is this is about: Mahatma Gandhi Setu, also known as MG Setu, became operational after it was opened for traffic following the inauguration of its eastern flank on Tuesday, June 7. Mahatma Gandhi Setu in Bihar is India’s longest streel bridge with a length of 5.6 km approximately The reconstructed Mahatma Gandhi Setu on the river Ganga is the communication lifeline between north and south Bihar as it connects Patna with Hajipur.- The Mahatma Gandhi Setu is the first balanced cantilever bridge in the country that was dismantled and converted into a simply supported bridge.
- Notably, the rehabilitation work of the bridge started in 2017 and the western flank was inaugurated in 2020. It is remarkable to know that the complex bridge rehabilitation project was completed just in five years.
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