[Pic] Trial Assembly of Hyderabad Metro’s Oliphant Bridge in Noida
Here’s a post with a new image of Hyderabad Metro’s special truss bridge that has been fabricated in Noida!
This 1100 MT bridge with an 83 meter long obligatory span has been assembled at a fabricator’s facility to test for design issues, and in the coming months will be dismantled & transported 1500 km down south. In Q4 2016, it is expected to be re-assembled on a 1 acre land parcel that the South Central Railway recently agreed to temporary lease out to the Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd. After re-assembly & an approval from the Indian Railways for a ‘railway block’ in Q1 2017, the bridge will then be pushed to its final resting location over the existing 185 year Oliphant railway bridge, thus completing a critical section of the 28 km Nagole – Raidurg Metro line.
More details about the line’s alignment, bridge’s final resting location and history of the Oliphant railway bridge can be viewed here.
Photo Copyright: Subodh Jain
An anti-rust primer is expected to be applied before the bridge is dismantled & shipped on its way. Here’s a new image of the site where it’ll be erected in Q1 2017. The piers here are 60 feet tall – the tallest in the city.
Photo Copyright: The Hindu
For more updates, check out the Hyderabad section of The Metro Rail Guy!
– TMRG
Why is the fabricated bridge that rusty? Is it safe to use such product even after coating it with the primer?
Its normal for steel to start browning with rust due to moisture /rain.
Rust will be removed using mechanized tools before primer is applied.
How can the railway bridge be 185 years old when the first train in India ran only 153 yrs ago??!
Nice catch! I must have confused it with the Chaderghat bridge that was built over the Musi river under the guidance of James Oliphant between 1829-31. More on that bridge here and here
I’m now baffled about its actual history. If anyone has info, then please drop a comment.