
Buildings
Nine Arch Bridge
දෙමෝදර අහස් නමයේ ආරුක්කු පාලම
Uva Province
Badulla District
6°52'36.0"N 81°03'39.0"E
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Nine arches, eighty feet above the valley, and the train still crosses it.
STAND INSIDE IT — 360°
THE PLACE
Nine Arch Bridge in Demodara Total length300 ft (91.44m) Width25 ft (7.62m) Height80 ft (24.38m) No. of spans 9 Construction end1921 The Nine Arch Bridge (Sinhala: ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky, is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country. The construction of the bridge is generally attributed to a local Ceylonese builder, P. K. Appuhami, in consultation with British engineers. The chief designer and project manager of the 'upcountry railway line of Ceylon' project was D. J. Wimalasurendra, a distinguished Ceylonese engineer and inventor.
The designer of the viaduct was Harold Cuthbert Marwood of Railway Construction Department of Ceylon Government Railway. The 1923 report titled "Construction of a Concrete Railway Viaduct in Ceylon" published by the Engineering Association of Ceylon has details of all the records including the plans and drawings. It is located in Demodara, between Ella and Demodara railway stations. The surrounding area has seen a steady increase of tourism due to the bridge's architectural ingenuity and the profuse greenery in the nearby hillsides
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