The anicient rail cum road bridge across river Kabini, now hosts a MG passenger rake and rail bus. This historic bridge across river kabini was built in 1735 by British and it was strong and wide enough to carry road traffic as well as MG trains, which first ran in 1889. This bridge is now over 270 years old and could very well be the oldest railway bridge in the world because the first railways was built only after 1825 and there are no other known cases of ancient road bridges having been used to carry railway traffic. The bridge that cuts across is of BG. Nanjanagud - 25-01-2009 (Harish Kumar)

Date: 2009-01-24
Owner: Harish Kumar
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Make NIKON CORPORATION Model NIKON D60
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ISO 400 Metering Mode Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value 1/400 sec Digital Zoom Ratio 1
Date/Time 2009 Jan 24 10:49:49 +0000
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@ Milind - This track belong to Mysore - Chamarajanagar MG Section, which is defunct now. The line from the bridge to the nearby station, Sujathapuram is left, in view to convert this historical bridge into Rail Museum sort. @Jimmy - I would like the...
Posted by Harish Kumar on 2009 Jan 29 08:10:30 +0000
where is the track heading to? from this angle it seems to be hitting the other bridge..pls help..
Posted by Milind on 2009 Jan 29 05:38:03 +0000
Very interesting history... The rake looks like a toy train! The rake would be complete with a YDM 4. Any chance to bring one?
Posted by Jimmy Jose on 2009 Jan 28 16:49:13 +0000
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