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'''Lord Curzon Bridge''' is a road and rail bridge spanning the [[River Ganges]] and connecting [[Prayagraj]] with [[Phaphamau]] from the Teliarganj area of India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Deciding Against Dismantling, Railways To Hand Over Lord Curzon Bridge To Uttar Pradesh Government For Preservation|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/railways-to-hand-over-lord-curzon-bridge-to-uttar-pradesh-government-1841418|access-date=2022-02-12|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2017-10-13|title=UP: Plan afoot to make skywalk over historic Curzon Bridge|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lucknow/up-plan-afoot-to-make-skywalk-over-historic-curzon-bridge/story-ZNqz1P5XgrgbWxICfTxZeO.html|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> The bridge is 914 meters long.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|author=Arvind Chauhan|date=Mar 1, 2021|title=Railways abandoned Lord Curzon bridge of Prayagraj to be redeveloped as skywalk by UP government |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/railways-abandoned-lord-curzon-bridge-of-prayagraj-to-be-redeveloped-as-skywalk-by-up-government/articleshow/81278034.cms|access-date=2022-02-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> It was sanctioned as state railway bridge in 1901 and was built for both railway and vehicle traffic.<ref name=":2"/><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|title=Lord Curzon bridge develop as heritage place and skywalk|work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/lord-curzon-bridge-develop-as-heritage-place-and-sky-walk-5858488.html}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=115 साल पुराना हुआ गंगा नदी पर बना कर्जन पुल, जानिए कब गुजरी थी इस पुल से आखिरी और पहली ट्रेन Prayagraj News|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-city-curzon-bridge-built-on-river-ganga-in-prayagraj-is115-years-old-21125073.html|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Dainik Jagran|language=hi}}</ref> The bridge consists of single broad gauge line with roadway on the top. The usage of the bridge for road [[traffic]] started on 20 December 1905 and for railways on 15 June 1905.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> The bridge was closed in 1998 due to safety concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2022 |title=Discarded Curzon Bridge To Be Converted Into Ganga Museum |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/discarded-curzon-bridge-to-be-converted-into-ganga-museum/articleshow/90716193.cms |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><br />
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The bridge was in talks in 2017 as the commissioner requested the government to develop the bridge into a heritage site instead of dismantling it.<ref name=":1" /> As per the reports of the officials, [[Uttar Pradesh]] government requested the railways to hand over it to the state government rather than dismantling it. This was later agreed by the Railways.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><br />
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