First cantilever bridge of Nepal

भिडियो हेर्न तलको बक्स भित्र क्लिक गर्नुहोस

A cantilever bridge has been constructed at Yarubagar, which connects seven northern villages of Gorkha district.
The bridge is built across the Budhigandaki river to connect Sirdibash and Kerauja VDCs. According into the District Development Committee, the bridge is the initially its kind in Nepal.

The bridge at the Manaslu foot trail may be the only pathway connecting the VDCs is not district head office. Chief Engineer Sahadev Bahadur Bhandari of the District Technical Office said the bridge was constructed by engineers and workers from Switzerland.

The structure was constructed by drilling the rocky cliff of Yarubagar. The uk Department for International Development built the bridge after its successful experiment at Godavari in Kathmandu. Among the representatives for the DFID said the construction had taken them three months.

Rs30 million was used it, he said. Construction materials were delivered by helicopter to the area due for the difficult location.

The average life lifetime of the bridge is half a century. There used to be wooden bridges in Yarubagar. However, the northern VDCs were stop from the district headquarters after the flooded Budhigandaki swept away a wooden bridge at Yarubagar two weeks ago.