India’s longest river bridge with total length of 19.3 kilometers will be built on Brahmaputra river in Assam.

Key facts:

• This bridge will connect Dhubri of Assam to Fulbarani of Meghalaya. This bridge will reduce the distance between these two places by 203 kms. At present, India’s largest river bridge is Dhola-Sadia bridge, its length is 9.15 kilometers.
• Japanese Finance Agency (JICA) has approved the loan for this project as part of road infrastructure improvement package in the north-east after assessing the economic benefit of the big project.
• Two northeastern states of Assam and Meghalaya will be connected by NH127B with the help of this bridge.