Crossing the Gigantic Godavari River at Rajahmundry: Howrah Trichy Superfast with Itarsi WAM4

One of the most spectacular river bridges designed by the Indian Railways can be found to the south of the town of Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh. The teeming Godavari river, nearly 3 km wide at this point, is crossed via two independent bridges. There is a third bridge which was built in the late 19th century but is now decommissioned. Our train, the 12663 Howrah Tiruchirapalli Express crosses the river through the rail-cum-road bridge. The train curves beautifully into the bridge and also embarks on a huge curve on its way out, giving a full view of the length of the train, and the lovely red Itarsi WAM4 in charge of it. Courtesy being near the Godavari delta and on the last legs of 1400+ km journey from the western ghats in Maharashtra, the river itself is replete with water, an year round feature not restricted only to the months of monsoon, making it seem like a sea on occasions.

[@foodworld3762]

Oh my god ! What a river! It is much bigger than Krishnaveni 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@DidikaHmar]

I've crossed this bridge for about 10+ times but still couldn't get used to it..... Absolutely splendid and yes great engineering

[@Gopal1939]

And to think Indian Railways can construct such a multiutility bridge is grt. And your video ? Breath taking.

[@benraviben]

Thanks a ton.... But many don't know that it was the Longest Rail Road Bridge till 1996. Thas the power of India. Mera Bharat Mahan and Thanks for this video

[@karthikgarimella1456]

crossed this bridge 30+ times but feeling new n thrilling every time..........................

[@sriramgogina8110]

Feeling great to live on the banks of Godavari in rajamahendravaram city every day I'll see road cum railway bridge but every time it will give a great experience

[@drpraveen100]

Spectacular Godavari rail cum road bridge,splendid river....and the greenery of Godavari districts wid heavenly track sounds of bridge.... u just took me back to my village man....hnx for uploading!!

[@nayanchakraborty9468]

I had only heard by people that crossing the Godavari bridge takes more than normal time, but your amazing and daring video let me see the truth. Yes! Godavari is really Gigantic!!

[@ritadhishankar]

Thank you so much for your compliments. However, I am just an amateur photo/videographer who possibly tries to come off as a profession! :) Glad that you liked the video, though India's amazing landscape is probably the one who should get the credit! :)

[@sudheerkumar6910]

Biggest road cum rail bridge in India and 2nd largest in Asia

[@sushantkumarsushantkumar5194]

sudh eer kumar

[@ritadhishankar]

Thanks a lot! We bypassed Cuttack via Naraj...one of the rare trains to do this nowadays...

[@yerrabhagabanosss5514]

School lo e video chala upayogam padindi...thank u so much

[@satyanandam3444]

Good vedio,we are proud as we are having logest road cum railway bridge in Asia is on river Godavari from Rajahmundry to Kovvur... satyanandam Visakhapatnam

[@yadavolutoady7333]

Super rajamundry bridge🏢🏢🏣🏤🏥🏦🏨🚊🚊🚉🚉🛤️🛤️🛣️🛣️🛶🛶🌉🌉🌉🌉🎢🎢🎢

[@leahletchimy9461]

Thanks for upload this video. .. I'm Malaysian. . Last year went andhra used this train. .. from visag to eluru. . The train crossed the godavari. . First time I saw this type of Lane ... it's really amazing. ..

[@teresasiluvai5658]

Amazing. Best of Indian Railways. This is incredible India. Jai Hind. Beautiful

[@snakecharmer8058]

Thanks a lot for this.. got reminded of old memories.. :) Miss them so much

[@ritadhishankar]

My pleasure, glad that you liked it! :)

[@vishald894]

Kon dislike dey raha hai proud of Indian railways

[@ritadhishankar]

Thank you so much. This area is absolutely splendid!

[@parthy4]

what an absolutely great, i mean big huge vast country India is. WOW. and the beauty of the bridge construction and the great camera work. thanks a lot. there seems to be enough water for all of India, if only some selfless intelligent dude would come up with technology to share water like the romans did with their viaducts. really enjoyed the train trip with you.

[@ritadhishankar]

Thanks a lot!

[@ritadhishankar]

Thank you so much for the compliments. The train however was not going that fast on the bridge, around 60 kmph...

[@ritadhishankar]

My pleasure! You live in a lovely area! :)

[@agnelowaring2004]

I dream of this area everytime Agnelo Waring Chiswick London .UK

[@anirudh3415]

😊

[@Rukhsana980]

beautiful city andhra pradesh godavry nadi is very good city

[@jatinverma5685]

who

[@dharmarajvk2838]

Rukhsana Kh

[@VikasYadav-fd3ni]

Beautiful godavari river

[@ritadhishankar]

Absolutely! Thanks a lot! :)

[@Organgrinder1010]

Cool to have a look at it on Google Maps, too! Well photographed!

[@kanakasabhainatarajan7192]

Excellent video taken from both the sides that too w/o any shake which is very difficult in a fast running train. Thanks a lot.

[@juliengomes9947]

Awesome sight

[@Rajat1196]

Its really GIANT !! Superb Shot!!] Fabulous...Fantastic... Very Nice

[@rakeysharya7387]

Gives me thrills everytime

[@_the_train_guy]

Awesome video...... the train on the bridge made the differenc

[@SurajIyer2]

By far my most Fav curve :D

[@ritadhishankar]

Thanks a lot! That train caught me by surprise...was not expecting it; my father actually pointed that out!

[@onlySreeleela]

Beauty of Southern India

[@Analghosh100]

Marvelous.

[@sagargaur6603]

Beautiful ❤️ view of that locomotive

[@Pk-hx3hu]

Kovvur is my town

[@agnelowaring2004]

Thanks for uploading..well done

[@jayendrachilate1779]

Beautiful...

[@VivianBoye]

very well captured :)

[@AarushSehgal]

Superbb... :) Good Job (y)

[@akashbhaskar1981]

Great Shot..

[@UjjawalKashyap]

Great capture!

[@asaithambigopal3932]

Really gigantic. If a perennial river flows like this in T.nadu then my state will be a heaven in this world. Arulmozhijanani asaithambi.

[@DINESHGADA]

Nice captured

[@telugupadyalu...6927]

it is an amazing experience go people ..

[@pavan-wg6tz]

Very good capture I like it

[@raviranjansingh5056]

Nice River godavari

[@sriramac5113]

Awesome experience

[@pavan-wg6tz]

Nobody can unlike this video I think bro

[@pavan-wg6tz]

Just superb capture great bro

[@sanjeevareddynalla3993]

amazing

[@ritadhishankar]

I do love trains...if I ever manage to get a house, I will certainly remember and contact you! :)

[@mdusmankhan7194]

Very nice video thanks you so much

[@pavan-wg6tz]

Your explanation also superb bro

[@ksp_kvt]

Super kirak video

[@vijayal1077]

Excellent photography

[@radhakrishnanganapathi7436]

a very good video coverage.

[@jeevankumar4379]

Super.. Anna

[@dayamoybauri9091]

Amazing

[@ritadhishankar]

Thanks a lot! Will take care! :)

[@worldtodayhowitis5083]

darun hoyeche carry on

[@tarunp8243]

India country had only one road com rail bridge that is in godavari

[@himanshuraj291]

*No bihar and assam also have* *Road cum Rail bridge* *Bihar :- (J P SETU ) Digha- Sonpur road cum rail.bridge* *Assam :- Bogibeel bridge*

[@priyamganguly]

Beautiful! Is Godavari here wider than Farakka barrage in Bengal? BTW, Kovvur is so neat & clean.

[@basudevghosh1189]

very very Beauitful and nice godabari River Basudev Ghosh 24.parganas.south

[@ritadhishankar]

I think Godavari remains wider - one just takes longer to cross Farakka due to speed restrictions...

[@kingkris2213]

Thank you.I pray and wish even Poschim Banga gets cleaner and more cleaner than before. Jai Hind.

[@ritadhishankar]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@arbindpal4320]

Rajahmundry district AP

[@bharaninathkomandur6330]

We lived in Rajahmundry for 15 years and crossed that bridge so many times. The video could not capture the actual sound properly because of the air noise. You have to be there in person to experience the sound that the side barriers make, as air passes through them. It takes you into a different world. Love you Rajahmundry.

[@SurajIyer2]

kichu bolr nei! awsum!! :))

[@ManiVijay]

Interesting! When I saw a recent video of the Duronto skipping Cuttack, I concluded that all trains have now been re-routed via the shorter direct path via Cuttack. But looks like that is not the case. What other trains bypass Cuttack?

[@ritadhishankar]

Curve gulo marattok!! Aar haan, duibari besh bhalo bhabe bridge paar hoye...aaste aaste jaye ni...amar jonne special aar ki!

[@ritadhishankar]

I think most trains are re-routed as the Mahanadi is now doubled, which previously was the reason for the Naraj route. However, this group of trains are still the exception, possibly due to their timings: the evenings are filled with trains heading out of Bhubaneshwar towards Kharagpur so I guess the section controllers want as little headaches from the other side as possible...

[@rajchouhan8789]

Awesome vidio

[@milishamukhim5152]

Raj Chouhan 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 funny guys write nicely😂😂😂😂⛲🚿

[@MrHabibmastana]

Wow

[@seetharamaraju9012]

Super super

[@ritadhishankar]

Ekdom! :)

[@sajedaokkhanam5495]

Good to look T

[@ashishmohakud308]

Nice video

[@PKJBL]

👌👌👌

[@sprasadu]

Very nice

[@ritadhishankar]

Onek dhonnobad!

[@CultAstra]

Baapre baap! Koto boro..

[@krishnbimanagar]

beauty beauty what a video grab.

[@RohitVarma1978]

The train was at high speed when it was crossing the bridge. Usually it slows down s bit maybe things are not the same anymore.

[@IndranathGaurTraveller]

Nice

[@ManiVijay]

Lovely video! Did your train run through Cuttack?

[@arvindr19]

Only road cum rail bridge in south India.

[@sidharthpangi4810]

Hi.....friends

[@BantiKumar-tl4fm]

👌👌👌👌

[@a.maheshprabhu3873]

super

[@vkp08]

There is a old bridge too

[@satyam8631]

This my village

[@akhilvadrevu1181]

how did you shoot this ths video man..thats awesome:))

[@ranadivea]

Akhil Vadrevu commonly with Mobile camera ....

[@dakshgautam1908]

You were in the ac two tier coach.right?

[@ramyg5037]

0:50 TT says 'ticket ticket please'

[@ramalingeswararaobhavaraju5813]

Namaskar guruji.

[@ritadhishankar]

Yes, AC 2 Tier.

[@yamunapavani2826]

mk opn,e.tabala

[@biswajeetchatterjee1962]

খুব সুন্দর ।

[@rizaery2354]

Like seto ohashi bridge in japan

[@rajeshkumarrajesh2887]

Is the water too deep under the bridge?

[@priyapolisetty6975]

S ofcourse