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In a major milestone for India's first bullet train project connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the construction of a 300-kilometre-long viaduct has been successfully completed. This achievement was marked by the successful launch of a 40-metre-long full-span box girder near Surat in Gujarat, signaling significant progress in the country's high-speed rail ambitions.

A large portion of the viaduct-about 257.4 km-was constructed using the advanced Full Span Launching Method (FSLM). Another 37.8 km was built using the Span-by-Span (SBS) method. The overall structure also includes 14 river bridges, 0.9 km of steel bridges (with 10 spans...