Crosses Ganges Design Extradosed bridge Construction end Under Construction Width 24 m Bridge type Extradosed bridge Body of water Ganges | Locale Arrah–Chhapra No. of lanes 4 Total length 4,350 m Location Arrah Material Concrete | |
Carries 4-lane Extradosed bridge, High Level Bridge (approaches) Similar Ganges, Bakhtiyarpur–Tajpur Bridge, Rajendra Setu, Munger Ganga Bridge, Digha–Sonpur Bridge |
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge is a bridge under construction across the Ganges river connecting Arrah and Chhapra in Bhojpur and Saran districts in the Indian state of Bihar. Upon completion, the bridge will provide a roadway link between the northern and southern parts of Bihar.
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The project
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge will reduce the distance between Chapra and Arrah from 120 km to 20 km. This will greatly reduce the distance of Arrah, Aurangabad and Bhabhua districts from Siwan, Chhapra and Gopalganj districts. Upon completion of this bridge, people can go from South to North Bihar without going to Patna district. This bridge connects NH -19 at Doriganj in Chhapra to NH -30 at Koilwar, Babura in Arrah with a four- lane bridge. Nitish Kumar laid the foundation stone for the Ara-Chapra bridge in July 2010. He said that his wish was to connect the Bhojpuri- speaking districts.
In September 2015, seven people were killed after crane collapsed at Arrah-Chapra bridge construction site.
Bridges across the Ganges in Bihar
The Ganges divides the state of Bihar in two parts. The river makes communication between the two parts difficult.
The first effort to bridge the gap was Rajendra Setu in 1959. The next bridge across the Ganges in Bihar was the 5,575 metres (18,291 ft) Mahatma Gandhi Setu, the longest bridge in India at the time of its commissioning in 1982. It was followed by Vikramshila Setu near Bhagalpur. The fourth bridge across the Ganges in the state is the Digha–Sonpur bridge.
Munger Ganga Bridge is also under construction. A 5.575 km long bridge Bakhtiyarpur-Tajpur Bridge is under construction which will connect Bakhtiyarpur and Tajpur.
Arrah–Chhapra Bridge across the Ganges is also under construction which will connect Arrah and Chhapra. A road bridge parallel to the existing rail and road bridge, Rajendra Setu, has also been planned.