Object description

The Digha–Sonpur rail–road bridge or J.P Setu is a bridge across river Ganga, connecting Digha Ghat in Patna and Pahleja Ghat in Sonpur, Saran district in the Indian state of Bihar. The rail-cum-road bridge provides easy roadway and railway link between northern and southern parts of Bihar. It is a steel truss bridge. Regular scheduled passenger rail service was inaugurated on this route on 3 February 2016. This bridge of 4,556 metres length is the second longest rail-cum-road bridge in India, after Bogibeel Bridge in Assam. This is second railway bridge in Bihar after Rajendra Setu that connects North Bihar to South Bihar. Indian railways has constructed two railway stations on either sides of the bridge – Patliputra Junction railway station and Bharpura Pahleja Ghat Junction railway station . The distance between the Digha-Sonpur bridge and Digha Bridge Halt is around 2 km.