{"id":46790,"date":"2025-04-26T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-26T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=46790"},"modified":"2025-10-11T13:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T07:40:30","slug":"dhubri-phulbari-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dhubri-phulbari-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>59 percent work completed on 19.28 Km Dhubri-Phulbari Brahmaputra Bridge, according to reports.<\/p>\n<h2>About Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an under-construction\u00a0<strong>4-lane bridge project over the Brahmaputra<\/strong>\u00a0River\u00a0<strong>connecting Dhubri in Assam and Phulbari in Meghalaya<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>NH 127 B.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>length\u00a0<\/strong>of the bridge is\u00a0<strong>19.3 km<\/strong>, which would make it the l<strong>ongest river bridge in the country.\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It comprises a\u00a0<strong>navigation bridge stretching<\/strong>\u00a0approximately 1<strong>2.625 kilometers, complemented by approach viaducts on both sides,\u00a0<\/strong>with 3.5 kilometers on the Dhubri end and 2.2 kilometers on the Phulbari side.<\/li>\n<li>It will have 199 pillars supporting the massive structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The project\u2019s civil\u00a0<strong>construction work<\/strong>\u00a0is being\u00a0<strong>done by Larsen &amp; Toubro (L&amp;T) for<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>National Highways &amp; Infrastructure Development Corp Ltd. (NHIDCL)<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The project is estimated to cost Rs 3165.99 crore.<\/li>\n<li>The bridge will significantly reduce travel distances, especially between Phulbari in Meghalaya and Dhubri in Assam.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It will\u00a0<strong>shorten travel by more than 200 km<\/strong>, improving the connectivity of India\u2019s northeastern states with the rest of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong>\u00a0Which bridge is between Assam and Meghalaya?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0Dhubri-Phulbari bridge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong>\u00a0The Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge is being constructed over which river?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Brahmaputra<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.\u00a0<\/strong>What is the total length of the Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a019.3 km<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/news-brief\/indias-longest-river-bridge-takes-shape-59-per-cent-work-completed-on-1928-km-dhubri-phulbari-brahmaputra-bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SRMG<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhubri-Phulbari Bridge is a 4-lane bridge under construction over the Brahmaputra River, linking Dhubri (Assam) and Phulbari (Meghalaya) via NH 127B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[321,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-46790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","7":"tag-dhubri-phulbari-bridge","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}