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{{Short description|Truss Bridge}}{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
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|native_name={{lang|hi|लोहे का पुल}} ( Lohe-ka-Pul )
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|official_name=Bridge no 249
|carries= 4 lanes
|location= [[Delhi]], [[India]]
|design= [[Bridge#Double-decked bridges|double-decked]] [[truss bridge]]
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The '''Old Yamuna Bridge''', also known as Lohe-ka-Pul (लोहे का पुल) in Hindi, or "bridge number 249", located in [[Delhi]], is one of the longest and oldest bridges in [[India]]. Construction of the bridge started in 1863 and finished in 1866.<ref name="Old Yamuna Bridge">{{cite journal |title=Old Yamuna Bridge |journal=Outlook traveller |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/outlooktraveller/travelnews/story/45436/old-yamuna-bridge-1863-66 |accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref> It was opened for public use in 1867.<ref>{{cite news|title=Old Yamuna Bridge |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/infrastructure/railways/loha-pul-why-indian-railways-is-repairing-a-150-year-old-iron-bridge-in-delhi/1168648/lite/ |accessdate=18 October 2018}}</ref> It is a [[Bridge#Double-decked bridges|double-decked]] steel [[truss bridge]] which runs across the Yamuna river in the eastern part of Delhi. The bridge runs east-west across the [[Yamuna]] river connecting the city of Delhi to its neighborhood of [[Shahdara]]. It was constructed in 1866 by the East India Railway at a cost of £1,616,335.<ref name="Yamuna Bridge Wikimapia">{{cite news |title=Yamuna-Railway-Bridge |url=http://wikimapia.org/621608/Yamuna-Railway-Bridge |accessdate=17 October 2018}}</ref> It was built with a total length of 2,640 feet and consisted of 12 spans of 202.5 feet each.<ref name="Yamuna Bridge Wikimapia"/>

In the nineteenth century, two principal cities of North India, Kolkata and Delhi, were connected by railways, the bridge being the last link on this route. The bridge initially had a single line, and was later converted to a double line. There is a discrepancy about the year the second line was added; one source says that "In 1913, this was converted into a double line by adding down line girders of 12 spans of 202 feet each and 2 end spans of 42 feet to the bridge."<ref name="Yamuna Bridge Wikimapia"/> But another source says "It was built for a single railway line but converted into a double line in 1932 and reopened in 1934"<ref>{{cite news |title=A bridge of stories |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/A-bridge-of-stories/article14429979.ece/amp |accessdate=28 October 2018}}</ref> because of increased traffic on this section.

It has the capacity of serving roadways as well as railways simultaneously. The upper deck carries a two-lane railway line which connects Old Delhi railway station to Shahdra railway station, while the lower deck carries road traffic.

A new {{convert|992.25|m|ft|0}} long bridge is under construction adjacent to the Old Yamuna Bridge.{{cn|date=October 2020}}

==See also==
* [[List of longest bridges above water in India]]
* [[List of bridges in India]]
* [[List of bridges]]
* [[New Yamuna Bridge, Allahabad]]
*[[List of road–rail bridges]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Railway bridges in India]]
[[Category:Bridges in Delhi]]
[[Category:Bridges over Yamuna River]]

Old Yamuna Bridge - Revision history

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