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The 2,050-metre-long old Pamban Sea bridge was built between 1911 and 1913. After it faced structural instability, a new railway sea bridge has been constructed near it. It has taken five years (2019-2024) to construct the new bridge, including an eight-month pause.

Conception of idea
The idea of establishing rail connectivity between India and Ceylon (Sri Lanka) through Adam’s Bridge (a chain of natural limestone shoals connecting Rameswaram island in India with Mannar island in Sri Lanka) in the sea was explored way back in 1876.

However, it was only after 18 years, F.J. Waring, the then Chief Resident Engineer of Sri Lankan Railways made the first proposal in 1894 on the behalf of Ceylon government for bridging 22 miles of sea with Adam’s Bridge at a cost of ₹2.59 crore.

Though E.J. Shad Bolt, on behalf of the Indian government, brought the cost down to ₹2.49 crore in 1895, the huge outlay did not justify the anticipated traffic and the idea was abandoned.

In 1964, Pamban-Dhanuskodi passenger train was washed away by the Rameswaram cyclone, killing over 126 passengers on board.

The 1964 cyclone
A severe cyclonic storm also known as the Rameswaram cyclone, that hit Tamil Nadu between December 22 and 23 in 1964, wiped out Dhanushkodi, a coastal town on the southeast tip of Pamban. Due to the catastrophe, the bridge suffered from huge destruction as 103 spans of 12.20 metre steel girders were washed away by tidal waves and 21 spans of prestressed concrete girders and two piers were toppled.

However, the Scherzer rolling lift span and 19 spans of concrete girders withstood nature’s fury. The restoration work was completed in March 1965, within a short period of over two months by salvaging the steel girders from the seabed and replacing some with new girders.

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