Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 4.94-km-long Bogibeel Bridge in Assam, India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, on the mighty Bramhaputra.PM Modi flagged off the first train from Tinsukia in south bank to Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh in north bank.

Bogebil bridge

• In 1997, the United Front government's Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda laid the foundation of the bridge.
• In 2002, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government started its construction.
• The construction cost of the BaggiBe Setu is 5920
• This bridge can also lift the fighter plane and the tank.
• It will connect Brahmaputra river north and south coast. The bridge length is 94 km.
• The bridge is 94 kilometers long. It is the longest railway-road bridge in the country.
• Direct linking from Dibrugarh to Nahlagun will be established by reducing the distance of 705 km from the bridge railway line and 150 km from the road.
• 32m from the Brahmaputra water level A total of 42 double de val foundation pillars have been used in this bridge built on the height. After being opened to the people, people will not have to spend a distance of 700 km to get slow down from Dibrugarh.
• With the formation of a bridge, the railway facility will expand to go to Itanagar.