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The '''Maraimalai Adigal Bridge''' (previously the '''Marmalong Bridge''') is a road bridge on [[Anna Salai]] connecting the northern and southern banks of the [[Adyar River]].<ref name="tercentenaryp">{{cite book | title=Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee Commemoration Volume| page=124| editor=Diwan Bahadur S. E. Runganadhan| year=1939| publisher=Indian Branch, Oxford Press}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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The oldest bridge across the Adyar River - the Marmalong Bridge - was originally constructed by the Armenian merchant [[Coja Petrus Uscan]] in 1728 at the cost of Rs. one lakh. The bridge was named after the nearby village of [[Mambalam]] which was Anglicized to Marmalan or Marmalong.<ref name="tercentenaryp" /> The dilapidated old bridge was replaced by a new one in 1966.<ref name="thehindu_20090701">{{cite news|title=Memories of Madras: From Saidapet to Madras|work=[[The Hindu]]|first=Prince|last=Frederick|date=1 July 2009|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/07/01/stories/2009070150200100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808054807/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/07/01/stories/2009070150200100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2009}}</ref> The new bridge is named after [[Maraimalai Adigal]], a Tamil writer and proponent of the [[Pure Tamil movement]].<br />
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Uscan's construction of the bridge is commemorated by a plaque at the northern end of the bridge adjoining the Saidapet bus stand.<ref name="tercentenaryp" /><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| authorlink=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4}}<br />
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[[Category:Road bridges in India]]<br />
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