Pamban Bridge in Rameswaram is an engineering marvel. Here are 5 quick facts about India’s first Cantilever bridge

Since centuries, India has been building engineering marvels, leaving everyone in awe. Be it hanging pillar in a 16th century temple, or musical pillars, or largest monolith in the world, India has turned out stones and ideas into fascinating objects with chisel and hammer and engineering techniques.

From building temples to services for the mankind, India has numerous engineering marvels to boast of. Indians have linked two lands separated by seas and have connected masses to remotest of the villages with bridges.

You name it, we have already conquered it. Such engineering marvels can be seen in railways. For instance, the Pamban sea bridge, the second longest sea bridge, after Worli Sea Link in Mumbai that was opened to public in 2010.

Pamban Sea Bridge was opened to public in 1914 and was India’s first sea bridge that connected southern Rameswaram town on Pamban Island to Palk Strait. The bridge spans a 2 km-strait between mainland and island and is the only surface transport link between the two.

It is also India’s first Cantilever bridge and there were many challenges while constructing it, such as it was built in world’s second highly corrosive environment, first one being Mexico.

Here are some other interesting details about the bridge: