Historical monument: Shitala Bridge in Chamba
Here we are talking about one of the recent monument of the Chamba district which is known as Shitala Bridge. This bridge was built in the year of the 2003. This bridge the connected the Chamba district to various places. It was made on the Ravi River.
Shitala Bridge in Chamba district
Chamba district is one of the beautiful district of the Himachal Pradesh. This district is situated in the between of the mountains which are always are covered with the snow. This district is basically famous for the historical monuments. In this district there are so many historical monuments as well temple which was built by the British Government as well as the State government of the HP. But we are talking about one of the recent historical monument of the Chamba district which is known as the Shitala Bridge. This bridge was built in the year of 2003. Here in this article we are talking about the detailed information regarding it and other monuments in the district. The detailed information regarding it is given below in the article.
Shitala Bridge
Chamba district is basically famous for the hilly station and for the various historical monuments as well as the Temple. In this district there are so many temples as well historical monuments are present. Here we are talking about the Shitala Bridge. This bridge was made in the year of the 2003 by the state government. This bridge is made on the Ravi River and connected to the Chamba district to various places. The complete cost of the river was about Rs. 1000 crores. The main reason to build this bridge to reduce the traffic problem before this bridge there is a small bridge on the Left side of this bridge which is one way and there is big problem of the traffics, people have to wait for the signal. But after this bridge this problem is completely finished, this is a two way bridge and the length of this bridge is about 300 meter which is one of the longest bridge of the district as well as the state.
Other monuments and temples in district
In chamba district there are so many temples and monuments present which are made by the British government and the architecture of all these are so nice. There is a Bhuri Singh Museaum. There is also Historical Chamba Ground and India Gate. There is also a Rang Mahal, which is of red color and also in green color. There is a Lakhsmi Narayan Temple, Suhi Mata temple and Chaundi Mata temple. There is also Ravi River and Chamera Lake where you can enjoy the boating.
You can reach this place by bus as well taxi. You can also reach this place by rial way as well air plane and the nearest railway station is in Pathankot and the nearest airport is in Gaggal, Kangra district. The beat season to visit this place is in summer.
