New Yamuna Bridge

{{short description|Cable-Stayed Bridge in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}

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|bridge_name= New Yamuna Bridge

|image= Naini Bridge @ Allahabad.jpg

|official_name= Syama Prasad Mukherjee Setu

|carries= 4 lanes, pedestrians and bicycles

|location= Prayagraj, India

|design= Cable-stayed bridge

|designer= Hindustan Construction Company and Hyundai Engineering and Construction{{cite web|url=http://travel.sulekha.com/allahabad-attractions.htm|title=New Yamuna Bridge, Prayagraj – Attraction View}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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|material=Steel

|begin= 2000

|complete= 2004

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The New Yamuna Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge located in Prayagraj.{{cite book|title=International Conference on Suspension, Cable Supported, and Cable Stayed Bridges: November 19-21, 1999, Hyderabad|author1=Dayaratnam, P.|author2=Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers|date=2000|publisher=Universities Press (India) Limited|isbn=9788173712715|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pb67nkDk4FMC&pg=PA204|page=204|accessdate=24 June 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-indias-15-most-amazing-bridges/20110623.htm#10|title=India's 15 most amazing bridges - Rediff.com Business|work=rediff.com|accessdate=24 June 2015}}{{Cite web |last=Miyazaki |first=Keishi |date=November 2006 |title=Construction of a Bridge over River Yamuna at Allahabad/Naini |url=http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/evaluation/oda_loan/post/2007/pdf/project30_full.pdf |access-date=12 October 2021 |website=jica.go.jp}} The bridge was constructed by the end of 2004 with the aim of minimizing the traffic over the Old Naini Bridge.{{Cite web |date=July 2021 |title=MAURER AG - Home - |url=http://www.maurer-soehne.com/files/bauwerkschutzsysteme/pdf/en/projectinfo/Allahabad_Naini_Bridge_India.pdf |website=maurer-soehne.com}} The bridge runs north–south across the Yamuna River connecting the city of Prayagraj to its neighborhood of Naini. The construction was consulted by COWI A/S, a Danish consulting company. Main construction was done by Hyundai and was successfully completed in 2004.{{Cite web |title=Bridge engineering - Major bridges |url=http://www.cowi.com/menu/service/BridgeTunnelandMarineStructures/Documents/021-1700-008e-07b_MajorBridges.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090938/http://www.cowi.com/menu/service/BridgeTunnelandMarineStructures/Documents/021-1700-008e-07b_MajorBridges.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=12 October 2021 }}