Gokul barrage

Gokul barrage
Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
CountryIndia
LocationGokul in Mathura district
Coordinates27°26′35″N 77°42′58″E / 27.44306°N 77.71611°E / 27.44306; 77.71611
StatusFunctional
Opening date2003

The Gokul barrage, also Mathura barrage is a barrage on Yamuna River at Gokul in Mathura district, top of which also serves as the road bridge.

Yamuna has a total of 6 barrages, from north-west to south-east, Dakpathar Barrage (Uttarakhand), Hathni Kund Barrage (172km from Yamunotri origin, replaced the older defunct Tajewala Barrage in Haryana), Wazirabad barrage (244km from Hathnikund to north Delhi), ITO barrage (central Delhi), Okhla barrage (22km from Wazirabad to south Delhi, "New Okhla barrage" is later-era new barrage) and Mathura barrage (at Gokul, Uttar Pradesh).