The first railway bridge was built from wood in the late 1880s.
The principal bridge was 820 Russian sajenes or 5,740 English feet in length, and the three others were respectively 560, 392 and 196 feet, with the intervening dams of 2,429, 750 and 2,527 feet making a total length of bridges and dams from one bank to the other of two miles and 678 yards.
This great work of bridging across the mighty andvcapricious waters of the Oxus cost altogether 301,674 roubles, of which 141,674 roubles were for labour, tools etc.,
and 160,000 roubles for material, all of which had to be brought from Russia.
At first the intention was to make shift with some kind of a ferry to connect the two ends of the railway, and a considerable amount of money appears to have been wasted overpremature contracts made in England.
A bridge of iron would have cost some six or seven millions, which was more than the estimates would bear, and so finally M. Bielinsky, a Polish engineer, was engaged to build it of wood.
It is expected to last at least ten years.
The trains at could initially only crawl over it to reduce the risk of collapse.
The first railway bridge was built from wood in the late 1880s. The principal bridge was 820 Russian sajenes or 5,740 English feet in length, and the three others were respectively 560, 392 and 196 feet, with the intervening dams of 2,429, 750 and 2,527 feet making a total length of bridges and dams from one bank to the other of two miles and 678 yards. This great work of bridging across the mighty andvcapricious waters of the Oxus cost altogether 301,674 roubles, of which 141,674 roubles were for labour, tools etc., and 160,000 roubles for material, all of which had to be brought from Russia. At first the intention was to make shift with some kind of a ferry to connect the two ends of the railway, and a considerable amount of money appears to have been wasted overpremature contracts made in England. A bridge of iron would have cost some six or seven millions, which was more than the estimates would bear, and so finally M. Bielinsky, a Polish engineer, was engaged to build it of wood. It is expected to last at least ten years. The trains at could initially only crawl over it to reduce the risk of collapse.
Atamyrat-Kerkichi Bridge