New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated Asia's widest six-lane, 1.86-km-long Aunta-Simaria bridge, constructed at a cost of over Rs.1,870 crore, on the Ganga river.

It will connect Aunta Ghat in Patna district's Mokama with Simaria in Begusarai.

The 34-metre-wide state-of-the-art bridge is now the widest extradosed cable-stayed flyover in India and one of the most modern in Asia.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh hailed the project as a "milestone in Bihar's development".

He also said that the bridge complements other central projects such as the NTPC plant and the new fertiliser unit in Begusarai.

1-The Aunta-Simaria bridge is 1.86 km long and 34 metres wide. It is built on National Highway 31 on the Gang...