Nine Arch Bridge | Ella | Sri Lanka | FPV

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : AirVuz contributor and first person view (FPV) drone pilot pradeep_lakmal brings us this excellent FPV video of Sri Lanka's Nine Arch Bridge. One of the most recognized landmarks in this South Asian island country, Nine Arch Bridge is located near the town of Demodara in the state of Uva, in the south-central part of the island. Also known as the Bridge in the Sky, the viaduct span was completed in 1921. The almost 80 ft. tall (25 m) bridge has a total length of about 300 ft. or around 90 m.

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The Nine Arches Bridge (Sinhala: ආරුක්කු නමයේ පාලම,) also called the Bridge in the Sky, is a viaduct bridge in Sri Lanka. It is one of the best examples of colonial-era railway construction in the country. The construction of the bridge is generally attributed to a local Ceylonese builder, P. K. Appuhami, in consultation with British engineers. The chief designer and project manager of the 'upcountry railway line of Ceylon' project was D. J. Wimalasurendra, a distinguished Ceylonese engineer and inventor. The designer of the viaduct was Harold Cuthbert Marwood of Railway Construction Department of Ceylon Government Railway. The 1923 report titled "Construction of a Concrete Railway Viaduct in Ceylon" published by the Engineering Association of Ceylon has details of all the records including the plans and drawings. It is located in Demodara, between Ella and Demodara railway stations. The surrounding area has seen a steady increase of tourism due to the bridge's architectural ingenuity and the profuse greenery in the nearby hillsides. Popular rumours suggest that when construction work commenced on the bridge, the Great War began between the empires of Europe and the steel assigned for this site was reallocated to Britain's War related projects at the battlefront. As a result, the work came to a standstill, leading the locals to build the bridge with stone bricks and cement, but without steel