3rd Narmada Bridge

The New Narmada Bridge (or the 3rd Narmada Bridge) is an extra dosed bridge, constructed at Bharuch, India. It is a 1,344 m (4,409 ft) long bridge, built over river Narmada on NH-8. The four-lane bridge is a part of larger project involving six laning of a section of NH-8 between Vadodara and Surat. It runs parallel to Sardar Bridge. It is the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India, 144 m (472 ft) long.[1][2][3][4]

3rd Narmada Bridge
Extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India
Coordinates	21.7149°N 73.0458°E / 21.7149; 73.0458
Carries	four lanes of NH-8 traffic
Crosses	Narmada River
Locale	Bharuch
Official name	New Narmada Bridge
Named for	Narmada River
Maintained by	NHAI
Characteristics
Design	Extradosed bridge
Material	Steel, Cement, Cables, Alloy
Total length	1,344 m (4,409 ft)
Width	22.8 m (75 ft)
Longest span	144 m (472 ft)
No. of spans	10
History
Constructed by	NHAI & L & T
Construction start	2014
Construction end	2017
Construction cost	₹379 crore (equivalent to ₹452 crore or US$59 million in 2020)
Opened	7 March 2017
Location

The bridge was constructed by Larsen & Toubro and Dywidag Systems International (DSI-Bridgecon). The estimated cost of bridge is ₹379 crore (equivalent to ₹452 crore or US$59 million in 2020). This bridge was inaugurated by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 March 2017.[3][5]

A few months later in June 2017, the Arrah–Chhapra Bridge opened and became the longest multi-span extradosed bridge in the world, with a main bridge length of 1,920 m (6,300 ft). Even so, the 3rd Narmada Bridge remains the extradosed bridge with the longest spans in India.