The Railway Anji-Kahad Bridge in the Indian Kashmire Region

A 300 km in length railway is under construction in the Jammu-Kashmire region and due to morphology of the area, 90 km of tunnels and several important bridges are required along the line; among them, one will cross the Anji valley at 190 m above the river. It is a cable stayed bridge with a major span of 290 m, a composite steel-concrete truss deck and a 200 m in height single concrete tower the top of which will be at 390 m from the bottom of the valley. The rear stay cables are anchored to both the rear span and to a 43 × 15 × 21 m concrete ballast element. The project will be briefly described including the tests performed in the POLIMI wind tunnel and the construction progress.