Arrah–Chhapra Bridge

Arrah–Chhapra Bridge or Veer Kunwar Singh Setu is a bridge across the Ganges river connecting Arrah and Chhapra in Bhojpur and Saran districts in the Indian state of Bihar. The bridge provides a roadway link between the northern and southern parts of Bihar. Veer Kunwar Singh bridge was inaugurated on 11 June 2017.The projectArrah–Chhapra Bridge reduced the distance between Chapra and Arrah from 120 km to 20 km. This has greatly reduce the distance of Arrah, Aurangabad and Bhabhua districts from Siwan, Chhapra and Gopalganj districts. 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.The Rs 800 crore (US$130 million) Arrah–Chhapra Bridge in Bihar is the longest multi-span extradosed bridge in the world. The multi-span extradosed navigational section over the Ganges is 1,920m long and the bridge has a total length of 4.35 km, including the approach spans of more than 2 km. The 120m-long navigation spans are supported by five extradosed stay cables arranged in a single-plane harp configuration, whereas the approach spans are simply-supported. The navigation spans and 2 km of the approach spans are composed of single-cell precast concrete box girders, while the remaining 0.35 km of approach spans are cast-in-place. In September 2015, seven people were killed after crane collapsed at Arrah-Chapra bridge construction site. The total length of approach road on either side of the bridge is 17 km.