The New Pamban Bridge, India’s first vertical lift sea bridge, connects Rameswaram Island to the mainland. Spanning 2.08 km with 99 spans, it allows ships to pass and trains to cross. Built by RVNL for ₹550 crore, it replaces the old 1914 bridge, with enhanced durability and dual-track capacity.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the New Pamban Bridge, in Rameswaram.
It connects Rameswaram Island to the mainland of India.
It is India’s first vertical lift sea bridge. That means part of the bridge can rise up to 17 meters to let large ships pass underneath while still allowing trains to run smoothly on top.
It spans 2.08 kilometers. It has 99 sections or "spans," and one of them is a 72.5-meter vertical lift span.
Engineers designed it to handle two rail tracks at once, which means more trains can cross it in the future.
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The original Pamban Bridge was built by British engineers back in 1914. While it served its purpose for over 100 years, it started showing signs of wear and tear due to harsh marine conditions like salty water and strong winds. |
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL), a government Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) under the Ministry of Railways, built the new bridge. They started construction in 2019, and spent over ₹550 crore to construct it.
Engineers added stainless steel support, painted it with high-quality protective paint to shield it from salty air and water, and then coated it with polysiloxane,to protect against corrosion caused by the sea environment.
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