10 Longest Bridges Spanning India

Atal Setu, Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Godavari Fourth Bridge... Let's acquaint you with the kilometres and kilometres of roads over water India possesses that are bridges.

Pic: Canva

Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, Maharashtra

Length: 22 km, including the approach roads
Completed: 2024
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, which includes the famous Atal Setu sea bridge (12th longest worldwide) connects Sewri, central Mumbai, with Navi Mumbai, spanning Mumbai Harbour. 

Pic: Kind courtesy KalkiRaj/Wikimedia Commons

Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, Assam

Length: 9.15 km
Completed: May 2017
This bridge, also known as the Sadiya Bridge and Bhupen Hazarika Setu, is the link between Dhola, Tinsukia district, with Sadiya, in the eastern part of Assam, over the Lohit river, effectively reducing travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.  

Pic: Kind courtesy Prime Minister's Office/Wikimedia Commons

Dibang River Bridge, Arunachal Pradesh

Length: 6.2 km
Completed: 2018
The bridge between Bomjir and Malek in Arunachal Pradesh, over the Dibang river, also called Talo, a tributary of the Brahmaputra that originates on the India-China border.

Pic: Kind courtesy @MyGovArunachal/X

Mahatma Gandhi Setu, Bihar

Length: 5.75 km
Completed: 1982, rehabilitation in 2022
The Mahatma Gandhi Setu is an important bridge spanning the holy Ganga. A crucial transport artery in Bihar, it is from Patna to Hajipur and vice versa. And is India's longest steel bridge.  

Pic: Kind courtesy Aksveer/Wikimedia Commons

Bandra–Worli Sea Link, Maharashtra

Length: 5.6 km
Completed: 2009
The Bandra-Worli Sea Link, also known as the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, is a cable-stayed sea bridge connecting Worli with Bandra, ie effectively south Mumbai with northwest Mumbai.  

Pic: Kind courtesy Akshaykanade/Wikimedia Commons

Godavari Fourth Bridge, Andhra Pradesh

Length: 4.5 km
Completed: 1997
The bridge spans the sacred Godavari river, between Rajahmundry and Kovvur.  

Pic: Kind courtesy Ramesh Ramaiah/Wikimedia Commons

Bogibeel Bridge, Assam

Length: 4.94 km
Completed: 2018
Bogibeel Bridge, near Bogibeel Ghat, is a combined road and rail bridge crossing the mighty Brahmaputra and the bridge between the districts of Dibrugarh and Dhemaji in Assam.  

Pic: Kind courtesy Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons

Vikramshila Setu, Bihar

Length: 4.7 km
Completed: 2001
The Vikramshila Setu spans the Ganga -- between Bhagalpur and Sultanganj.  

Pic: Kind courtesy Www.amit213/Wikimedia Commons

Vembanad Rail Bridge, Kerala

Length: 4.62 km
Completed: 2011
Located in Kottayam district, the Vembanad Rail Bridge crosses tranquil Vembanad lake and joins up with the rest of Kerala's railway network.  

Pic: Kind courtesy Rash9745/Wikimedia Commons

Digha–Sonpur Bridge, Bihar

Length: 4.5 km
Completed: 2016
This bridge across the Ganga between Digha and Sonepur, the site of the annual cattle fair, the biggest in Asia. 

Pic: Kind courtesy Abhishek62037/Wikimedia Commons
CLICK HERE