Navsari: In another breakthrough for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Bullet Train Project being carried out by the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd., the 11th river bridge has been completed out of the 20 river bridges planned in Gujarat. The bridge over the Kaveri River in Navsari district, Gujarat, was completed on August 25, 2024, for the Bullet Train Project.

Salient features of bridge are:

– Length: 120 meters

– Consists of 3 Full Span Girders (40 meters each)

– Height of Piers –   13 to 21 meters

– One (01) circular pier of 4 m and Three (03) circular piers of 5 m diameter

– This bridge is in between Vapi and Bilimora Bullet Train station. Other completed river bridge between the two stations is on Kolak, Par and Auranga River

– This river is one of the tributaries of the Ambika River, which originates from the hills of Vansda taluka in the border area of Gujarat state with the state of Maharashtra

– Kaveri river is approx. 46 kms from Vapi Bullet Train station and 4 kms from Bilimora Bullet Train station

– Other completed river bridges include the bridges on Par (Valsad district), Purna (Navsari district), Mindhola (Navsari district), Ambika (Navsari district), Auranga (Valsad district), Venganiya (Navsari district), Mohar (Kheda district), Dhadhar (Vadodara district), Kolak River (Valsad district) and Vatrak River (Kheda district)