Naini Bridge
near Allahabad, over the Jumna River.
The Old Naini Bridge is a double-decked steel truss bridge which runs across the Yamuna (Jumna) river in the southern part of the city.
The bridge runs North-South across the Yamuna river connecting the city of Allahabad to its neighbourhood of Naini. It was built for the East Indian Railway. It is a double-decker road and railway bridge. The upper deck has a double track railway line which connects Naini Junction railway station to Allahabad Junction railway station, while the lower deck has been used as a road since 1927.
The bridge has fourteen spans of 200 feet each and three small openings of 30 feet and originally carried a cart road below. The piers are 60 feet above low water are founded on twelve brick wells each 13 feet 6 inches in diameter sunk to a depth of 42 feet below low water. The length of the bridge is 2,640 ft.
1865 Opened on August 15th. 1860s photo here.
The 1865 bridge is presumably the one designed by Rendel, the iron girders being constructed in Manchester by Ormerod, Grierson and Co. Evidently the girders were replaced in 1928-9[1].
The main Naini Road Bridge is a modern cable-stayed bridge.