 It has been said after finishing the bridge, people had a fear that the train wouldn't be able to pass the narrow bridge and that it would break.As a result, the engineer and his family stood under it when the first train passed the bridge (local accounts claim that Reza Shah had asked them to do so anyway).Near the bridge is a memorial structure built in memory of all the construction workers who lost their lives in the course of building the bridge and its nearby tunnels.