GUWAHATI: PM Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone for building the country’s longest bridge Dhubri (Assam)-Phulbari (Meghalaya) bridge over Brahmaputra river, which will provide a third alternative link to Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Barak valley region of Assam with the rest of the country as well as reduce the time and distance to travel to Bhutan and Bangladesh.
This 19-km long four-lane bridge to be built at a cost of Rs 5,000 crore once completed will be double the length of the current longest bridge in the country the 9.15 km long Dhola–Sadiya Bridge, also referred to as the Bhupen Hazarika Setu, over Brahmaputra river. The Dhubri-Phulbari bridge will be the eight bridge over the might river.