Cisomang railway bridge

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Cisomang railway bridge is an railway bridge that linked between Jakarta & Bandung that located in the West Cisomang village, that border between the district of Darangdan, Purwakarta Regency & West Bandung Regency, West Java. The Cisomang railway bridge used to connect the railway line from Bandung to Jakarta, the Cisomang railway bridge is the highest railway bridge in Indonesia and is still in active use, and consists of 3 generations. It's now difficult to find traces of the first generation of the Cisomang railway bridge, that only the foundations remain. The second generation of the Cisomang railway bridge is a steel bridge that was used since the Dutch era as a replacement for the first generation bridge, until 2004. The third generation of the Cisomang railway bridge is a bridge with a Double-track railway that is currently used.

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