Kovvur Railway station

Kovvur (Telugu: కొవ్వూరు) is a town, municipality and mandal in West Godavari district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is situated adjacent to the west bank of the Godavari River.Kovvur is an important town in West Godavari District due to its location on the sacred banks of River Godavari,also well connected by Rail, Road NH 5.Kovvur is preferred as retired persons' paradise as many retired persons prefer to settle in this as it hosts the ever-pleasant Godavari Ghat.

During the Godavari Pushkaram, held every 12 years,people from all over India come here to take holy dip in the river during the Pushkaram.

There are three bridges across the Godavari River linking Kovvur with Rajahmundry. The oldest of these was a railway bridge which is now abandoned,built by Sir Arthur Cotton which was opened for traffic from August 30, 1900.Subsequently, in 1974, a rail-cum-road bridge was built.In 1995 another exclusive rail bridge was built by the Indian Railways before abandoning the bridge built by Sir Arthur Cotton.The new bridge is 2nd largest rail bridge in India after the Ganga Rail bridge.There are proposals to construct another bridge without interfering Rajahmundry.

There are many small villages surrounding this town, viz., Vadapalli, Thougummi, Pasivedala, Dommeru, etc., A tour to all these lush green villages will give a glimpse of the agricultural economy the entire region has been dependent on. Pasivedala is 5 KM away and its name also has similar origins as Kovvuru. (Pasuvu means Cow in Telugu. Vedana means struggle). Later British Government officials named it as Pasivedala.There is a big chain of temples located near Factory : Sivalayam, Gayatridevi temple, Ramalayam, Krishna temple, Shirdi Saibaba temple, Gayatri Gosala.One of the most renowned Goudeeya Muttamu is situated in this town opposite to the "Lanchila Revu" near the banks of River Godavari, where many of Lord Sri Krishna's "Bhajanalu" and "Parayanamulu" will take place each and every day.New BridgeNew Bridge is under construction.

Godavari Arch Bridge The bridge, built by the Hindustan Construction Company, for the Indian Railways, was designed by Bureau BBR, Switzerland, and checked by Leonard Andrea and Partners, Germany.Construction on the bridge began in 1991 and lasted till 1997. It was commissioned for passenger traffic in March 1997 and became fully operational for running trains by the Indian Railways from 2003.

Road Cum Railway Bridge

This Rail Cum Road Bridge is longest of its kind in Asia and second longest in the world. Its total length 4.732 km (4732 mts).Finished in 1972 and inaugurated by the then President of India, Fakruddin Ali Ahmed, its total construction cost is 63 crores in those days. Locally it is called Kovvur bridge by people of Rajahmundry, as it connects Rajahmundry city with Kovvur town. Its also the most important connecting point of Agriculturally Rich East and west Godavari Districts.

Old Godavari Bridge

The construction of the bridge commenced on November 11, 1897 and opened for traffic on August 30, 1900. The Bridge was named after Sir Arthur Elibank Havelock, the then Governor of Madras. Frederick Thomas Granville Walton served as the Engineer-in-chief assisted by executive engineers R.A. Delanougerede, F.D. Couchman, J.E.Eaglesome.[3]. It has 56 spans each of 45.7 metres (150 ft) and is 2,754 metres (9,035 ft) long. Having served its full life span of 100 years, it was decommissioned in 1997, and Godavari Arch Bridge was built as a replacement for the bridge.