0
  • DE
  • EN
  • FR
  • International Database and Gallery of Structures

Advertisement

General Information

Completion: 1993
Status: in use

Project Type

Location

Location: ,
Crosses:
  • Karnali River
Coordinates: 28° 38' 27.35" N    81° 17' 1.16" E
Show coordinates on a map

Technical Information

Dimensions

width 10 m
total length 500 m
span lengths 325 m - 175 m
number of spans 2

Quantities

structural steel 3 870 t

Materials

pylon steel
truss steel

Excerpt from Wikipedia

Karnali Bridge, the asymmetric, single-tower, cable-stayed bridge is the longest of its type in Nepal and was built by international collaboration. The bridge spans the Karnali River between the Kailali District and Bardiya District of western Nepal. The bridge was constructed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan and inaugurated after six years of its construction date by the late Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala.

Location

The bridge lies in Mahendra Highway at Chisapani at the border of Kailali and Bardiya district. The bridge site is 500 km from the capital city of Kathmandu, and 86 km from the closest airport facilities in Dhangadhi. The design of the bridge and its location have made it a tourist attraction for domestic and international visitors.

The nearest city to the Karnali Bridge is the town of Chisapani in Far-Western Region, Nepal

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Karnali Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.

Participants

Relevant Web Sites

Relevant Publications

  • Gesner, George A. / Selvaratnam, Selva (1996): Bridge Over the River Karnali. In: Civil Engineering Magazine, v. 66, n. 4 (April 1996), pp. 48-51.
  • Arzoumanidis, Serafim / Kunihiro, Masashi (1994): The Karnali River bridge (Nepal). Presented at: International Conference IABSE-FIP: Ponts suspendus et à haubans = Cable-stayed and suspension bridges, Deauville, France, 12-15 October 1994, pp. 395.
  • About this
    data sheet
  • Structure-ID
    20004660
  • Published on:
    23/08/2002
  • Last updated on:
    05/02/2016
Structurae cooperates with
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)
e-mosty Magazine
e-BrIM Magazine