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Pamban Bridge - India's Most Dangerous and also Aamazing Railway Track

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Pamban Bridge Pamban Bridge is a Railway Track Bridge connect an Island called Pamban Island to the town of Rameswaram in Tamil Naidu. This Track Bridge was started on 24 February 1914, it was India's first sea bridge, and was the longest sea bridge in India until the opening of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in 2010. The rail bridge is, for the most part, a conventional bridge resting on concrete piers, but has a double-leaf bascule section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. Till 1988, the Pamban bridge was the only surface transport that connected Tamil Nadu's island of Rameswaram to the mainland.  In 1988, a road bridge was also constructed parallel to the rail bridge for vehicles like Cars and Bikes, etc. This Railway Track bridge is also known as Annai Indira Gandhi Road Bridge. The Pamban Road Bridge connects the National Highway (NH 49) with the Rameswaram island. This Bridge was inaugurated by former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gand