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Flying over the Chicham Bridge in Spiti valley in Himachal Pradesh. The bridge connects Kibber and Chicham village. The bridge is situated above a deep gorge about 1000 feet high. Before this bridge, the villagers of Chicham used a dangerous ropeway to cross this section. Chicham has been declared as the highest bridge of Asia. This new suspension stiffened steel truss bridge coming up over the 1000 feet gorge and connecting Kibber with Chicham village over Samba Lamba Nallah on Kiato Chicham Kibber road. It reduces the journey from Kibber to Lohsar by 40 kms and there won’t be any need to travel back to Kaza to continue your journey towards Lohsar – Kunzum Pass – Rohtang – Manali. Chicham bridge is 120 meters tall at the height. It took 15 years to complete this and the total cost was 10
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