Bridge Name: | New Yamuna Bridge |
Official Name: | Syama Prasad Mukherjee Setu |
Carries: | 4 lanes, pedestrians and bicycles |
Location: | Prayagraj, India |
Design: | Cable-stayed bridge |
Designer: | Hindustan Construction Company and Hyundai Engineering and Construction[1] |
Mainspan: | 260m (850feet) |
Length: | 1510m (4,950feet) |
Coordinates: | 25.4272°N 81.8613°W |
Material: | Steel |
Begin: | 2000 |
Complete: | 2004 |
Width: | 250 |
The New Yamuna Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge located in Prayagraj.[2] [3] [4] The bridge was constructed by the end of 2004 with the aim of minimizing the traffic over the Old Naini Bridge.[5] The bridge runs north–south across the Yamuna River connecting the city of Prayagraj to its neighborhood of Naini. The construction was consulted by COWI A/S, a Danish consulting company. Main construction was done by Hyundai and was successfully completed in 2004.[6]
The total length of the bridge is 1,510 m with a longest span of 260 m which is supported by a cable which stays in a concrete anchor bridges.[7]