Concreting bow-string steel bridge surface begins at Indrali in Udupi
The National Highways Division of the Karnataka Public Works Department (NH-PWD) had completed the erection of the bow-string steel bridge on May 13.
Subsequent heavy rains, however, did not allow the department to concrete the surface of the bridge. With rains abating for a week on the coast, the NH-PWD commenced the concreting work.
Mr. Poojary told reporters that the concreting work might get completed in about 10 days if it does not rain heavily. About 25 more days are required for curing the laid concrete. If everything goes well, the additional RoB should open for traffic by the end of the month, the MP said.
NH-PWD Assistant Executive Engineer Manjunath Naik and others accompanied the MP.
The commissioning of the additional RoB would eliminate the bottleneck on the four-lane highway between Udupi and Manipal on NH 169A, which experiences heavy traffic. Time and again, the public had voiced their anguish over the delay in the completion of the RoB, because of which many accidents had happened and lives were lost.
Started in 2018
Work on the Indrali additional RoB commenced in 2018 when a part of NH 169A between Udupi and Manipal was expanded to four lanes. The work moved at a snail's pace due to changes in design, bureaucratic delays and other issues, testing the patience of people.
As vehicles had to change lanes from the four-lane highway and move on the two-lane existing RoB, many accidents were reported on the stretch, prompting the district administration to threaten criminal action against the departments and the contractor concerned.
The then MP for Udupi-Chikkamagaluru, Shobha Karandlaje, and the incumbent Mr. Poojary visited the site several times to follow up with officials in a bid to speed up the project.
The total project cost was pegged at ₹9 crore when it was launched.
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