Mysore/Mysuru: The world’s tallest pier bridge in Manipur is an engineering marvel. The bridge across river Ijai near Noney — between Jiribam and Imphal in Manipur — has the tallest pier height of 141 metres. It surpasses the existing record of 139 metres of Mala-Rijeka viaduct, Montenegro in Europe.
The bridge is a part of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new broad gauge line project (111 km) and the total length of the bridge is 703 metres. The piers of the bridge were constructed using hydraulic augers and they needed specially designed ‘slip-form technique’ to ensure efficient and continual construction, observed Saibaba Ankala, Chief Engineer, Indian Railways.
