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Tiruchi Mayor M. Anbazhagan connected Thursday said that astir 70% of the operation enactment connected the caller overbridge adjacent the Fort Railway Station has been completed and directed officials to expedite the remaining works to guarantee the task is completed astatine the earliest.
After the constrictive 157-year-old span had go weak, the Corporation and the railways decided to demolish the aged operation and physique a caller four-lane overbridge with accrued tallness and width to accommodate increasing postulation request and amended safety.
The Corporation is carrying retired the operation of retaining walls and attack roads connected some the Salai Road and Main Guard Gate sides astatine an estimated outgo of ₹34.10 crore. The railways, meanwhile, are liable for widening and reconstructing the information of the span that passes supra the railway line.
Work connected the task commenced successful December 2023, and the span has been closed to postulation since March 2024.
According to the Mayor, erstwhile the railway information of the overbridge is completed, the Corporation volition decorativeness the remaining attack works connected either side, pursuing which the span volition beryllium opened for nationalist use. He added that astir 70% of the enactment has been completed by the Corporation.
The caller railway overpass is 31.39 meters agelong and 20.70 meters wide. The eastbound portion of the railway span is 223.75 meters agelong and 15.61 meters wide, portion the occidental portion is 225 meters agelong and 15.61 meters wide. The roadworthy is being widened with retaining walls.
