New elevated bridge on Chennai-Bengaluru Highway in Vellore opened for traffic
The Hindu
NHAI opens new bridge on Chennai-Bengaluru Highway at Perumugai village to decongest lanes and prevent accidents.
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The new elevated bridge on the Chennai-Bengaluru Highway (NH 44), maintained by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), at Perumugai village here was opened for traffic on Tuesday, since the repair work which began last February.
NHAI officials said that the opening of the new bridge and its underpass was necessitated to decongest the existing service lanes where all vehicles on the highway were diverted for the bridge work earlier. It was also meant to prevent accidents on the narrow service lanes as the region have been witnessing frequent rains .
“We have opened one arm of the new bridge towards Bengaluru. In a day or two, we will allow traffic on the other arm towards Chennai,” a NHAI official told The Hindu.
He said, finishing touches included painting of the small concrete median on the new bridge especially towards Chennai and levelling of the ramp. Once traffic is allowed on the other arm of the bridge, service lanes on both sides of the highway would be re-laid with bitumen.
The new underpass would also be opened for traffic. Damaged stormwater drains along the service lanes would be re-built and LED street lights would also be installed on the bridge, he added.
The ₹18-crore-bridge is built at Perumugai, a border village on the highway connecting Vellore with Ranipet district.
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