Saraighat
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| Saraighat | |
| — town — | |
| Coordinates | |
| Country | India |
| State | Assam |
| District(s) | Kamrup |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area • Coastline |
• 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
Saraighat is a place near Guwahati in Assam, on the north bank of the river Brahmaputra. Sarai was a small village where the old abandoned N.F. Railway station of Amingaon was located. The famous Battle of Saraighat was fought near this place on the river.
There is a road-cum-rail bridge over the river Brahmaputra joining the north & the south banks at Saraighat. This bridge is the first bridge on river Brahmaputra in Assam.
[edit] Saraighat Bridge
Saraighat Bridge is the first rail-cum-road bridge constructed over the Brahmaputra River in Guwahati. It was opened to traffic in 1962 by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. The Chilarai Park or Lachit Udyan is situated at the end of the bridge.
Construction of Saraighat Bridge was started on January 1958. It was opened to goods traffic in Oct, 1962 and opened for passenger traffic on 7 June 1963. The estimated cost of the bridge was Rs.10,65,16,891.00 Its length is 1492 meters.
A new three lane concrete road bridge is being constructed by the side of the Saraighat Bridge.
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Coordinates: 26°11′23.98″N 91°38′38.15″E / 26.1899944°N 91.6439306°E
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