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Detailed explanation-1: -The Signature Bridge is a cantilever spar cable-stayed bridge which spans the Yamuna river at Tarun Goyat section, connecting Wazirabad to East Delhi. It is India’s first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge.

Detailed explanation-2: -Asymmetric cable stayed bridges are the well upgrade of conventional cable stayed bridge. The combined of single plane cable, two plane cable and three plane cable are provide depends on number of traffic lanes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Manohar Parrikar, Defence Minister of India inaugurated first cable-stayed bridge of north India in Basohli, Jammu and Kashmir. This bridge is named ‘Atal Setu’, which is strategically important for national defense to provide an easy access to various parts of Jammu and Kashmir for army.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli sea link is the India’s longest cable stayed bridge.

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution. The country’s longest (1344 m) 4-lane cable bridge built on the Narmada River in Bharuch district of Gujarat state has been launched on March 2017.