Can you tell me in detail about Portable Steel Bridge designed by GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd)?

The portable bridges under GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd) are designed to allow the bridge to be completely erected on rollers from one side of the gap to be bridged and then launched across without the use of any support within the gap.

It is particularly of use in providing access in far-flung areas and hilly terrain and also provides quick repair of communication where existing road or bridge connectivity has been destroyed by natural disasters. It also expands the road network in connecting remote locations in difficult terrains, particularly in the hilly areas.


Through it GRSE intend to enhance export potential in countries like - Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar among others. As a part of portable bridges portfolio, Company offer (i) standard width (3.32 m) single lane bridge; (ii) extra wide (4.25 m) single lane bridge (steel deck); (iii) extra wide (4.25 m) improvised single lane bridge using 10x 7 Panel; (iv) double lane bridge (steel deck) with 10X 7 panel; and (v) suspension bridge.


These bridges confirm to Global AASHTO (American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials) Standards and are supplied in hot dip galvanized condition.

Company has entered into a memorandum of understanding for supply of galvanized portable steel bridges with the Government of Odisha, Government of Chhattisgarh and for Project Himank of the Border Roads Organisation.


The Company holds patents for solidified steel deck system for single lane bridges and manufacture of double lane portable steel bridges which were awarded to it in 2011 and 2007, respectively. Further, 2 more patent applications pertaining to Improvised Single Lane Steel bridge system and Improvised Steel Decking system are under processing for certification.

Company has an in-house Design department involved in continuous up gradation of its products to meet the changing requirements of prospective customers and at present working on development of assault bridges, cable gripper for suspension bridges and walk way attachment for portable steel bridges.


The engineering division has supplied 67 portable bridges during the Fiscal 2018, 74 portable bridges during the Fiscal 2017 and 70 portable bridges in the Fiscal 2016 which indicated a decline of about 15% in monetary terms in the Fiscal 2018 due to reduction in market demand.


It has manufactured the highest modular steel bridge in the world, at Khardung-la, Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir, which was erected at an altitude of 5,602 meters by the Border Road Organisation and was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1990.