Godavari Bridge

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Godavari Bridge
The Godavari Bridge across Godavari River
Coordinates	16°59′52″N 81°45′21″E / 16.99778°N 81.75583°E / 16.99778; 81.75583
Carries	Two lanes of Road and Single Railway line.
Crosses	Godavari River
Locale	Rajahmundry
Other name(s)	Rajahmundry–Kovvur Bridge
Preceded by	The Havelock Bridge
Followed by	Godavari Arch Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Truss Bridge
Total length	4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi)
Longest span	91.5 metres (300 ft)
No. of spans	27
History
Engineering design by	Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company
Opened	16 August 1974; 50 years ago (16 August 1974)
Location

The Godavari Bridge or Kovvur–Rajahmundry Bridge is a truss bridge spanning the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, India. It is India's fourth longest road-cum-rail bridge crossing a water body, the first one being the Bogibeel Bridge over the Brahmaputra in Assam,^[1] and second is Digha–Sonpur Bridge over the Ganga in Bihar.

The Godavari bridge is 4.1 kilometers (2.8 km Rail part & 4.1 km Road part) long consisting of 27 spans of 91.5 m and 7 spans of 45.72 m of which 6 spans of 45.72m are in 6 deg. curve at long Rajahmundry end to make up for the built up area. The bridge has a road deck over the single track rail deck, similar to the Grafton Bridge in New South Wales, Australia. This bridge, in addition to Godavari Arch Bridge, has been widely used to represent Rajahmundry in arts, media, and culture. It is one of the recognised symbols of Rajahmundry.^[2]