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WION Gravitas: PM Modi inaugurates Bogibeel bridge in Assam

All you need to know about India's Bogibeel bridge

PM Modi today inaugurated the rail-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam today. The 4.94 km bridge has double line broad gauge rail tracks and upper deck road spread in three lanes.

Watch: PM Modi takes a walk, rides on Bogibeel bridge in Assam

PM Modi inaugurates India's longest rail-road bridge

PM Narendra Modi at Bogibeel Bridge, a combined rail and road bridge over Brahmaputra river in Dibrugarh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge in Dibrugarh, Assam on Tuesday. Bogibeel is be the country's longest rail-road bridge. The first passenger train passing through Bogibeel was flagged off by PM Modi, PTI reported.

Modi inaugurates Bogibeel bridge in Assam, it will be India's longest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the Bogibeel bridge in Dibrugarh, Assam. Bogibeel is the country's longest rail-road bridge. The Prime Minister also flagged-off first passenger train passing through Bogibeel.

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