Historic day for Indian Railways! Taking a key leap towards the completion of the 111 kilometre lengthy winding stretch from Katra to Banihal, today the Northern Railway zone has completed the Arch closure of the world’s highest railway bridge, Chenab Bridge in Jammu and Kashmir. The iconic Chenab Bridge is a component of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail hyperlink (USBRL) project and the completion of the steel arch was one of the most complicated components of the bridge more than Chenab. Today, the final piece of metal of 5.6 metres was fitted at the highest point and joined the arch’s two arms that stretch towards every other presently from each the river banks. This completed the arch shape that will then loom more than the treacherous Chenab river, flowing under some 359 metres. Here are some salient functions of the Arch of the Chenab Bridge: