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PERFORMANCE OF KALIABHOMORA BRIDGE ON RIVER BRAHMAPUTRA DURING BURMA-INDIA BORDER REGION EARTHQUAKE OF AUGUST 6,1988

G.I. Prajapati

Paper No.: 299

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Vol.: 27

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No.: 3

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September, 1990

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pp. 151-159

Abstract

 

The Kaliabhomora bridge, named after the illustrious Ahom General of Assam, connects the National Highway 52 on north bank and the National Highway 37 on south bank of the river Brahmaputra near Tezpur, Assam. This bridge is 3015 m long. It was opened for the public use in the year 1987. This bridge was subjected to earthquake motions on April 16, 1988 and again on August 6, 1988. This study describes the performance of the bridge during the Burma-India Border Region earth- quake of August 6, 1988 which was felt in the entire northeastern India, Calcutta, entire Bangladesh and in the part of northwestern Burma. It also describes the various types of damage caused to this bridge by this earthquake.  
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