Rajahmundry: railway bridges over the Godavari River
Original railway bridge (opened 1900) over the Godavari River at Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India. The arched bridge behind it replaced the older structure in 1997.
Rajahmundry
India
Rajahmundry, city, eastern Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. It lies at the head of the Godavari River delta, about 30 miles (50 km) west of Kakinada. In 1449 Rajahmundry was captured by Kapileshvara, the Orissa ruler. In 1757 it was ceded to the British. A short distance downstream, at Dowalaiswaram, the British civil engineer Sir Arthur Joseph Cotton built a dam across the Godavari in the mid-19th century, the first major irrigation project on that river. At the turn of the 20th century, the first of three railway bridges over the Godavari was built at Rajahmundry and had 56 spans ...(100 of 230 words)