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This is a 424m long railway bridge for a single line of broad gauge track. The bridge superstructure is a single-cell continuous prestressed concrete box girder with nine intermediate 40m spans and two end spans of 30m each. The substructure consists of hollow octagonal reinforced concrete piers resting on open foundations. | 
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| The tallest of the piers is about
64m above bed level.
This makes Panval Nadi Viaduct the second tallest bridge in
Asia. The abutments are spill through. |
The construction of the prestressed box girder was the first use of the incremental launching technique in India. | 
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| The bridge was cast in 20m segments at one end under a covered casting yard. The first segment was provided with a 30m long steel launching nose to reduce the stress in the box girder during launching. |
The piers were cast by slip forming. The bridge is anchored for longitudinal forces at the abutment on the Mangalore side while the expansion joint is on the opposite Ratnagiri side abutment. | 
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| In 1995, this bridge received the Most Outstanding Concrete Structure in India Award from the American Concrete Institute (Maharashtra India Chapter) and also an award from the Indian Institute of Bridge Engineers. |
| An image of the bridge was also used on a commemorative postage stamp. | 
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