Editing Krishna River (section)

==Bridges==
[[File:Panorama of Prakasam Barrage and Railway bridges.jpg|thumb|Panorama of Prakasam Barrage and Railway bridges on Krishna near Vijayawada]]

The Krishna River is spanned by several bridges along its course, some of which are listed below.
* Krishna Bridge, [[Wai, Maharashtra|Wai]], Maharashtra – This bridge was demolished in 2021 which was located in the Dharmpuri Peth area of the town of Wai, was one of the oldest bridges that were built by the British in India. It spans the Krishna over nine ''kamans'' (arches) and is made of black rock. The bridge serves as a flood mark (when the water rises to the level of the road on the bridge) for the "Waikar" people.
* Irwin Bridge, [[Sangli]] – This is one of the oldest, historic and largest bridges over the Krishna that were built by the British. The Irwin Bridge, which is built of reddish stone, has two passages where one can climb down to the river in the middle of its span to view the water.
* Ankali Bridge, [[Sangli]] Maharashtra – This bridge is major link between Sangli and Kolhapur districts. At this point there are three bridges, one for railway and two for roadways. Out of two roadway bridge the one bridge in the direction towards Miraj was built in Nineteenth century under British Administration. It is still in operation. The railway bridge was constructed at the time of laying of Kolhapur to Pune rail link. The contractor for rail bridge was V. R. Ranade & Sons from Pune. The construction of this railway bridge and culverts on railway route in nearby region were constructed by them in 1882–1884.
* Kudachi – [[Ugar (town)|Ugar]] Railway bridge built by the British in 1891.
* B. Soundatti Bridge, Raibag – This is also one of the oldest bridges built during the British rule. This bridge connects Maharashtra to Karnataka state.
* Tangadagi Bridge, This is one of oldest bridges that connects the Bijapur and [[Bagalkot district]]s of Karnataka. God Neelambika Temple is there at the bank of Krishna River.
* Chikkapadasalagi bridge, is one of the oldest bridges, built in British era it connects Jamakhandi and Vijayapur.
* Jambagi Bridge, Jamkhandi : Recently built bridge connects Athani, Bijapur and Jamkhandi.
* Galagali Bridge of [[Galagali]] village, Bagalkot: very important bridge that connects many towns and villages of Bagalkot and Vijayapur districts.
[[File:Navjeevan Exp KrishnaRiverBridge.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Railway bridge across Krishna near Vijayawada]]
* Krishna Bridge near Shakti Nagar, Raichur district was built in the memory of the travel undertaken by Nawab Javvadjaha Bahadur, the prince of Hyderabad, to Raichur in early 20th century. The bridge was named after the prince as Sirat-e-joodi. The construction began in 1933 and completed in 1943<ref>{{Cite web |last=Angadi |first=Jagadish |date=11 May 2019 |title=Exploring past marvels along the passage |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/spectrum-statescan/exploring-past-marvels-along-the-passage-733144.html |access-date=18 February 2023 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en |archive-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218125751/https://www.deccanherald.com/spectrum/spectrum-statescan/exploring-past-marvels-along-the-passage-733144.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2009, heavy floods occurred, isolating 350 villages and leaving millions homeless,<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40601 |title=Flooding along the Krishna River: Natural Hazards |date=5 October 2009 |publisher=earthobservatory.nasa.gov |access-date=11 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221052839/http://m.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=40601 |archive-date=21 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> which is believed to be first occurrence in 1000 years. The flood resulted in heavy damage to Kurnool, Mahabubnagar, Guntur, Krishna and Nalagonda Districts. The entire city of [[Kurnool]] was immersed in approximately {{cvt|10|ft|m|0}} water for nearly 3 days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atree.org/sites/default/files/book-chapters/p09%20killada%20et%20al%202012.pdf |title=Agony of Floods: Flood Induced Water Conflicts in {{sic |nolink=y|ln|dia}} |access-date=8 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703204756/http://www.atree.org/sites/default/files/book-chapters/p09%20killada%20et%20al%202012.pdf |archive-date=3 July 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Water inflow of {{cvt|1110000|cuft/s|m3/s}} was recorded at the Prakasam Barriage, which surpassed the previous record of {{cvt|1080000|cuft/s|m3/s}} recorded in the year 1903.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiawaterportal.org/node/12731 |title=Managing historic flood in the Krishna river basin in the year 2009 |access-date=11 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026213927/http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/managing-historic-flood-krishna-river-basin-experience-averting-catastrophe-apwrdc |archive-date=26 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Krishna River is the second largest east flowing river of the peninsula. The flood waters of Krishna and Godavari rivers can be fully utilized by exporting water to other east flowing peninsular rivers up to [[Vaigai River]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] by constructing a [[coastal reservoir]] on the [[Bay of Bengal]] sea area.