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Karnali Bridge Vs Brooklyn Bridge

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Karnali Bridge from south side Driving down to Kohalpur from Surkhet and moving straight west towards Bardiya and finally touching Chisapani crossing Karnali Bridge was quite an exciting moment. Karnali Bridge used to be always in my mind but was not able to catch it since long time. When I saw the single towered bridge there, I was fascinated with its high tech engineering and beauty of architecture. I went downstream of Karnali River. I could not stop myself taking snaps of this one-towered bridge. Karnali Bridge from West side When I saw this bridge, Brooklyn Bridge came into my mind that joins Brooklyn city with Manhattan down town of New York City. The Brooklyn Bridge is really amazing. Brooklyn Bridge was completed in 1883 and exactly after 100 years in 1993, Karnali Bridge was completed. I just felt the Karnali Bridge as a mini Brooklyn Bridge. This connects Bardiya and Kailali districts. It has one skyscraping steel tower but Brooklyn Bridge has two masonry towers. The