Bridge and railway to connect East Indian and Eastern Bengal Railways, and affords road communication over River Hooghly; sketch map showing location of new line and bridge;. bridge consists of seven main spans of 350 ft. each and two land spans of 80 ft.; reinforced-concrete piles, 16 in. in diam., placed at 4 ft. centers, were driven 40 ft. into ground by Vibro method: girder eection.


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    Title :

    Bally bridge and Calcutta chord railway


    Additional title:

    Ry. Gaz


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1931


    Size :

    5 pages


    Remarks:

    11 Figs.


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English





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