Ganges Barrage

Ganges Barrage
Official nameLuv Kush Barrage
LocationKanpur, India
Coordinates26°30′36″N 80°19′07″E / 26.5099°N 80.3186°E / 26.5099; 80.3186
Construction began1995
Opening dateMay 2000
Construction costRs. 303.14 crore
Dam and spillways
ImpoundsGanges River
Length621 m

The Ganges Barrage, officially named as the Lav Khush Barrage, is a bridge across the Ganges river at Azad Nagar-Nawabganj in Kanpur.

Construction started in 1995 and it was inaugurated in May 2000. The total length is 621 metres (2,037 ft). The bridge serves as a four-lane highway bypass for NH 91.[1]

  1. ^ "Ganga Barrage in Kanpur". Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.