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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.
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| 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 suspension cables look similar with those of Brooklyn Bridge. Only the contrast is they are attached to single tower in Karnali Bridge but in Brooklyn Bridge, they are attached to two towers. Passerby road is above the motor ways in Brooklyn Bridge whereas sidewalks are on both side of motor way in Karnali Bridge. Karnali Bridge is over the Karnali River whereas Brooklyn Bridge is over the East River. Both are the example of fascinating engineering feat.
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| Brooklyn Bridge from North side |
Taking metro from any corner of New York City, we used to go to Manhattan borough to visit Brooklyn Bridge along with friends. We used to sing 'har ghadi badal rahi hai…' in SRK style from Kal Ho Na Ho movie and catching this scene in video mode of camera. I can still remember two white tall girls suddenly came to me and showed the interest to take photo with me and I readily agreed. We took some smiley snaps but here in Karnali Bridge, nobody came to take photo along with me… he…he…he.
