Bowstring steel girder RoB to come up at Indrali
The Hindu
The two-lane steel bridge provides the missing link for the 4-lane NH 169A project
The National Highways Division of the Public Works Department (PWD) has proposed to build a 54m bowstring steel girder road overbridge atop the Mangaluru-Mumbai railway line on NH 169A at Indrali in Udupi.
To be built at an estimated cost of ₹9 crore, the RoB provides the missing link for the four-lane project of Malpe-Tirthahalli NH 169A between Udupi and Manipal. “We have sent the proposal to the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and awaiting its approval,” said a senior PWD engineer.
While the four-lane work of the highway between Karavali Junction of Udupi (NH 66) and Parkala off Manipal is almost complete, the RoB at Indrali near Udupi railway station continues to remain two-lane. Road users were put to great hardship to negotiate the narrow stretch riddled with battered approach roads for long.