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Bridge Attractions In Punalur

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Punalur is a Municipality and a bussiness center in Kollam District, in the Indian State of Kerala. It's also the headquarters of Punalur Taluk and Punalur Revenue Division. It's situated near the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border in the Kollam district of the southern Indian state of Kerala, on the banks of the Kallada River. It is about 45 kilometres north-east of Kollam and 75 kilometres north of Thiruvananthapuram. It is the second largest city in Kollam District after Kollam and is also one of the biggest Municipal towns in Kerala, home to a paper industry with the Punalur Paper Mills, established in the 1850s, one of the first industries in Kerala and a p...
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Bridge Attractions In Punalur

  • 2. Suspension Bridge Thenmala
    A simple suspension bridge is a primitive type of bridge that is supported entirely from anchors at either end and has no towers or piers. However, it may have saddles. In such bridges, the deck of the bridge follows the downward and upward arc of the load-bearing cables, with additional light ropes at a higher level used to form a handrail. Alternatively, stout handrail cables supported on short piers at each end may be the primary load-bearing element, with the deck suspended below. Suspended well from two high locations over a river or canyon, simple suspension bridges follow a shallow downward catenary arc and are not suited for modern roads and railroads. Owing to practical limitation in the grade and the response to dynamic loads of the bridge deck, this type is quite restricted in i...
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