Koliabhomora Bridge — Local services in Assam

A bridge is a structure which provides passage over an obstacle without closing the way beneath. The passage may be required for a road, a railway, pedestrians, a canal or a pipeline. The obstacle which needs to be crossed may be a river, a road, railway or a valley.

“Of all inventions, the alphabet and the printing press alone excepted, those inventions which a bridge distance have done the most for the civilization of our species”. By Thomas B. Macaulay

Historical Development The history of development of bridge construction is most likely linked with the history of human civilization. Bridge Structures can be classified into four basic types: beam bridges, cantilever bridges, suspension bridges and arch bridges. The first bridges were made by nature. The tree accidentally falling across a stream was the earliest example of a beam type bridge. Similarly, the natural rock arch formed by erosion of loose soil and the creepers hanging fro the tree to tree allowing monkeys to cross from one bank to the other was the earliest forms of arch and suspension bridges. The ancient who first felled and used a tree to cross a stream was the first bridge builder. Since the primitive man was a wanderer in search of food and shelter from the elements, the first structures he built...

his bridge connects Sonitpur on the north bank with Nagaon District on the south bank. The length of this bridge is 3015 meters. The construction of the bridge took place from 1981 to 1987.

The bridge helps the development of the North-East India. The Brahmaputra not only splits the state of Assam along its length but also cuts off the seven sister states of the North-East from the rest of the country.

The river having a catchments area of 280,000 km2 flows in the most unpredictable manners, occupying 12 km to 16 km of space at places and poses a challenge to the bridge engineers. Despite the pioneering efforts of the Railways at Saraighat, the Northeast continued to suffer from the long-felt lack of transportation network. Around 25 years later, Indian Railways have turned yet another dream into reality. The 2nd Brahmaputra Bridge has greatly accelerate march of the North eastern states towards 21st century.

Brahmaputra, one of the longer rivers in Asia with a total length of 2880 km – 920 km of which lie in India – had been bridged only at one place, the only link between the North Eastern states with the rest of the country. This 1.3 km rail-cum-road bridge, completed in 1962, was also constructed by Indian Railways. Road...

Kaliabhomora Bridge is located at NH-37(715), Tezpur, Sonitpur, Assam - 784207.. It was inaugurated on 14/04/1987 by the PM. Rajib Gandhi, which took almost 7 years to get completed started from 1981.. The bridge was named after the Ahom General Kolia Bhomora Phukan..

The Setu is 3.2kms in length, which connects Nagaon nd Sonitpur District of the State.. This is one of the oldest bridge of Assam.. It help in connecting to the Northern Bank of the Bhoroli River nd also to our neighbor State, Arunachal Pradesh.. The look of the Setu nd it's surroundings are very beautiful nd unique.. Don't know why, but I always feel boring crossing the Setu, inspite of its beauty.. Earlier there was a toll gate for the Setu, but it is now free to cross or travel by.. It's been 3 year for the toll gate to got closed..

There are two ways to travel to Tezpur, one is through Baihata Chariali Via Mangoldoi NH-52 nd the other one is through Nagaon Via Kaliabhomora Setu.. People traveling to Bishwanath Chariali, North Lakhimpur, Silapathar nd different parts of Aruchanal Pradesh usually travel by the Kaliabhomora Setu due to its road conditions nd safety...