The work had been carried by Harold Cuthbert Marwood as Engineer in charge of that section of the railway, under the approval of the Chief Construction Engineer, Railway Extensions, M. Cole Bowen. Folklore generally attributed the construction of the bridge to a local Ceylonese builder, P. K. Appuhami, in consultation with British engineers. There is no documented evidence to support the involvement of Appuhami in the bridge's construction, but the folklore remains a part of the local heritage. At the time of construction, which coincided with the commencement of
World War I, rumours were that the steel assigned for the bridge were reallocated to British war related projects, and as a result, work came to a standstill, leading the locals to build the bridge with stone bricks and cement, but without steel, except of course for the rails and pins securing them. File:Nine Arches Bridge in Ella.jpg|A panoramic view of the Nine Arch Bridge File:Nine Arches Bridge.jpg|Nine Arch Bridge, Sri Lanka in 2017 File:Nine Arch Bridge-Srilanka-Andres Larin.jpg|Drone shot of the Nine Arch Bridge == References ==