Karnali Bridge
{{short description|Bridge in Nepal}}
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|locale=Chisapani, Kailali {{flag|Nepal}}
|maint= Lamki Chuha Municipality, Kailali
|design=asymmetric, single-tower, cable-stayed bridge
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|builder=Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan|open= {{Start date and age|1994|df=yes}}
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File:I captured this photo in Nepal to describes Karnali Bridge.jpg
Karnali Bridge, the asymmetric, single-tower, cable-stayed bridge is the second longest of its type in Nepal and was built by international collaboration between USA, Japan and Nepal.{{Cite journal |last=Shrestha |first=Bipin |date=2014-07-31 |title=Karnali Cable-Stayed Bridge: Development of Finite Element Model and Free Vibration Analysis |url=https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JIE/article/view/10873 |journal=Journal of the Institute of Engineering |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=14–24 |doi=10.3126/jie.v10i1.10873 |issn=1810-3383|doi-access=free }}
Overview
It is the first and only cable-stayed bridge in the country till date. The bridge spans the Karnali River between the Kailali District and Bardiya District of western Nepal. The bridge was designed by Steinman, Boynton, Gronquist & Birdsall of USA, constructed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan{{Cite journal |last=Maeda |first=M. |last2=Nakamura |first2=K. |last3=Shimodoi |first3=H. |last4=Amako |first4=M. |last5=Miyoshi |first5=S. |last6=Haruta |first6=M. |last7=Okada |first7=S. |last8=Kuroki |first8=S. |date=1904-07-20 |title=Construction of a composite cable stayed bridge. Karnali river bridge in Nepal. Gosei shachokyo no kensetsu. Karnali kawa kyoryo |url=https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/biblio/6732114 |journal=Kawasaki Juko Giho (K.H.I. Technical Review); (Japan) |language=Japanese |volume=122}} and funded by the World Bank.{{Cite book |last=Dave Reed |first= |url= |title=The Rough Guide to Nepal |last2=James McConnachie |date=2015-07-01 |publisher=Rough Guides UK |isbn=978-0-241-23810-3 |pages=276–277 |language=en |chapter=The western terai- the far west}} It was inaugurated after six years of its construction date by the late Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.
Location
The bridge lies in Mahendra Highway at Chisapani at the border of Kailali and Bardiya district. The bridge site is 500 km from the capital city of Kathmandu, and 86 km from the closest airport facilities in Dhangadhi. The design of the bridge and its location have made it a tourist attraction for domestic and international visitors. The nearest city to the Karnali Bridge is the town of Chisapani in Far-Western Region, Nepal.{{Cite web |date=2018-09-28 |title=Chisapani: Nepal’s untamed far west - OnlineKhabar English News |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/chisapani-nepals-untamed-far-west.html |access-date=2022-07-18 |language=en-GB}}
See also
References
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The Karnali River Bridge was designed by Steinman, a firm that was later incorporated into the Parsons Corporation, USA. Kawasaki Heavy Industries constructed the bridge.
External links
{{commons category|Karnali Bridge}}
- [http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0004660 Karnali River Bridge] in Structurae
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031031735/http://www.sundarsudurpaschim.org/2013/02/karnali-bridge.html Karnali Bridge] at Sundarsudurpaschim.org
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