In what way does the Chenab Bridge set a global benchmark in railway infrastructure?
By becoming the highest railway arch bridge in the world
The Chenab Rail Bridge, part of the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) project in Jammu & Kashmir, was inaugurated in June 2025 and stands 359 metres above the bed of the Chenab river.
This height makes it the world's highest railway arch bridge – about 35 m taller than the Eiffel Tower – setting a global benchmark in mountain-railway engineering.
Its main steel arch span is 467 m, which is impressive but not the longest in the world, and "longest bridge across a mountain valley" is not a formally recognised record.
Hence, the answer is by becoming the highest railway arch bridge in the world.
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