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About Punalur Suspension Bridge

The Punalur Suspension Bridge, situated in Punalur is the most seasoned motorable Bridge in Kerala, which was worked by the British and is currently an authentic fascination. The scaffold has a length of 400 feet. The suspension connect was worked to keep wild creatures from intersection into the town from the timberland territory of old Kattupathanapuram. The suspension connect crossing the waterway is the main suspended-deck compose in south India. Worked in 1877 by Albert Henry over the Kallada River, this colossal extension was suspended by two ranges and was utilized for vehicular development.
Development took over six years. It is said that after fruition of the extension individuals dithered to stroll over the scaffold. So as to demonstrate the quality of the extension the designer and his family go under the scaffold in a nation watercraft while six elephants were strolling over it. The main concept behind the construction of this bridge was that territories on the opposite side of the waterway Kallada was thick timberlands. An extension was fundamental.
It was additionally worked to keep wild creatures from getting to the populated side, a scaffold which shakes when somebody gets on it was assembled, this shaking frightened away the creatures and they wouldn't cross the extension. The scaffold was as of late repaired and redesigned by the legislature of Kerala. The structure was reinforced, new wood boards of a similar tree Kambakom which was first utilized in the development were fitted, the steel armrests and the stone sections were painted, night lights were introduced and another stop and resting place was made close to the scaffold.
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