It is situated between Garifa railway station and Hooghly Ghat railway station in the Naihati-Bandel branch line.

The foundation and Substructure was constructed by Gammon India limited and the work was completed in 2008.

The work on superstructure of bridge was started in 2010 by Eastern Railway under supervision of Mr Ajeet Kumar, Dy Chief Engineer of Eastern Railway.

This is first bridge of its kind in India in general and on Indian Railway in particular.

Several expert civil engineers have contributed for development of concept, design and construction scheme of this unique bridge over river Hooghly.