Tengok Jembatan Baja Terpanjang di India, Melintang di Sungai Gangga

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Tengok Jembatan Baja Terpanjang di India, Melintang di Sungai Gangga

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Kamis, 02 Jun 2022 19:28 WIB

India - Jembatan baja terpanjang di India, Mahatma Gandhi Setu siap beroperasi besok, Jumat (7/6). Usai dilakukan proses rekonstrukturisasi selama 5 tahun.

PATNA, INDIA - JUNE 1: A view of the restructured eastern flank of Mahatma Gandhi Setu bridge on June 1, 2022 in Patna, India. The bridge will be inaugurated by will be inaugurated by Union minister Nitin Gadkari on June 7.  The rehabilitation of 39 years old Setu is considered lifeline bridge connecting North and South Bihar over river Ganga. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Begini penampakan terkini jembatan Mahatma Gandhi Setu yang siap beroperasi usai dilakukan proses rekonstruksi ulang.

PATNA, INDIA - JUNE 1: A view of the restructured eastern flank of Mahatma Gandhi Setu bridge on June 1, 2022 in Patna, India. The bridge will be inaugurated by will be inaugurated by Union minister Nitin Gadkari on June 7.  The rehabilitation of 39 years old Setu is considered lifeline bridge connecting North and South Bihar over river Ganga. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Jembatan kantilever atau jembatan baja terpanjang di India ini dibangun di atas Sungai Gangga.

PATNA, INDIA - JUNE 1: A view of the restructured eastern flank of Mahatma Gandhi Setu bridge on June 1, 2022 in Patna, India. The bridge will be inaugurated by will be inaugurated by Union minister Nitin Gadkari on June 7.  The rehabilitation of 39 years old Setu is considered lifeline bridge connecting North and South Bihar over river Ganga. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Sebagai informasi, jembatan ini diresmikan pada tahun 1982 dan memiliki panjang 5.750 meter. Nah, pada tahun 1999 jembatan sangat membutuhkan renovasi. Kondisi tersebut dibiarkan hingga 2016.

PATNA, INDIA - JUNE 1: A view of the restructured eastern flank of Mahatma Gandhi Setu bridge on June 1, 2022 in Patna, India. The bridge will be inaugurated by will be inaugurated by Union minister Nitin Gadkari on June 7.  The rehabilitation of 39 years old Setu is considered lifeline bridge connecting North and South Bihar over river Ganga. (Photo by Santosh Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Proses rekonstrukturisasi dilakukan untuk memperkuat jembatan dilakukan sejak tahun 2017 dan direncanakan rampung pada 2018. Karena berbagai alasan, tenggat waktu diperpanjang dan mengalami penundaan karena pandemi COVID-19.

Tengok Jembatan Baja Terpanjang di India, Melintang di Sungai Gangga
Tengok Jembatan Baja Terpanjang di India, Melintang di Sungai Gangga
Tengok Jembatan Baja Terpanjang di India, Melintang di Sungai Gangga
Tengok Jembatan Baja Terpanjang di India, Melintang di Sungai Gangga
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