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When a bridge is not just a bridge: Chenab railway (rabble.ca)
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Slung across Chenab river canyon, the Chenab bridge is by all accounts considered a modern engineering marvel. Two decades in the making, it is at once a post-card moment, a monument to ingenuity, and a symbol of progress—everything one would expect from the biggest, strongest, best, and most challenging project for Indian Railways since 1947.

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[–] Icytrees@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

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