The Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge is a rail bridge over the Mahanadi near Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha.

The first Mahanadi Rail Bridge was opened on 1 January 1899.

[1] The engineer in charge of construction of the first Mahanadi Rail Bridge was William Beckett, who won a gold medal from the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1901 for a paper he presented on the bridge construction.

[2] The 2.1 km (1.3 mi) long Second Mahanadi Rail Bridge was built at a cost of ₹120 crore (US$14 million) and commissioned in 2008.

"Adequate steps" are said to have been taken to ensure the bridge can withstand earthquake shocks.