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Jawahar Setu is across the
Son River Sone River, also spelt Son River, is a perennial river located in central India. It originates near Amarkantak Hill in Pendra (Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district), Chhattisgarh and finally merges with the Ganges river near Maner in Patna, Biha ...
, between Dehri-on-Son and Son Nagar, in the
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state State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...
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Bihar Bihar ( ) is a states and union territories of India, state in Eastern India. It is the list of states and union territories of India by population, second largest state by population, the List of states and union territories of India by are ...
. It is named after the first prime minister of India,
Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a pr ...
. It was designed and completed in 1963 by principal engineer Shantaram S. Kashyap. The road bridge carries the
Grand Trunk Road Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sadak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads. For at least 2,500 years it has linked Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent. It r ...
/ NH 2. It was built by Gammon India Ltd in 1963-65.
Nehru Setu Nehru Setu is a railway bridge across the Son River, connecting Dehri, Dehri-on-Son and Son Nagar, in Bihar. The Son river John Wardle Houlton, Sir John Houlton, the veteran British administrator, who spent many years in the state, describes th ...
, the rail bridge that runs parallel to the road bridge, was built in 1900.


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List of longest bridges in the world This is a list of the world's longest bridges that are more than in length sorted by their full length above land and water. The main span is the longest span without any ground support. ''Note: There is no standard way to measure the total ...
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List of longest bridges above water in India This is a list of India's bridges longer than , sorted by their length. List of bridges See also *List of longest bridges *List of road–rail bridges *List of bridges in India *List of longest bridges in West Bengal References External lin ...


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{{Rivers in Bihar Bridges in Bihar Rohtas district Road bridges in India Monuments and memorials to Jawaharlal Nehru Bridges over the Son River Dehri