Nine arch bridge

Description

The Nine Arches Bridge . It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country..

t is located in between Ella and Demodara railway stations .The surrounding area has Seen a steady increase of tourism due to the bridge’s architectural ingenuity .

Popular rumours suggest that when construction work commenced on the bridge, the Great War  began between the empires of Europe and the steel assigned for this site was reallocated to Britain’s War related projects at the battlefront. As a result, the work came to a standstill, leading the locals build the bridge with stone bricks and cement, but without steel !