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The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) connected Tuesday has opened 2 under-construction bridges connected Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) successful Ranipet to easiness postulation travel connected the way aft the work lane got damaged owed to rain.
Officials of NHAI, which maintains the stretch, said that the under-construction bridges adjacent SSS College Of Arts, Science and Management successful Arcot municipality and astatine caller field of Christian Medical College (CMC) successful Puttuthakku colony adjacent Melvisharam municipality successful Ranipet were opened for vehicular question aft the work lane towards Bengaluru was severely damaged owed to continuous rain. “Opening of the under-construction bridges connected the agelong is simply a invited measurement arsenic the pot-holed work lane remains risky particularly during night,” said J. Akash, a motorist.
Each elevated bridge, connected an average, volition outgo ₹ 22 crore astatine Puttuthakku colony and Arcot town. The elevated information of the road volition person underpasses successful these spots to let residents to transverse the agelong safely. The under-construction bridges are being built astatine accident-prone spots, besides known arsenic ‘black spots’.
These achromatic spots are accident-prone spots that are based connected reports fixed by the constabulary to the territory administration. As per plan, the caller underpass beneath the 2 elevated portions of the agelong volition beryllium 4.5 metres precocious and 20 metres wide. Motorists said that the work lane, which is six metres wide, particularly towards Bengaluru is pot-holed for much than a month. The severely damaged agelong has risked motorists including ambulances and schoolhouse vehicles and pedestrians.
Additionally, excess rainwater from abandoned chromatic quarries successful the country got discharged into residential areas and cardinal stretches including the work lane. It has resulted successful knee-deep waterlogging connected the work lane of the stretch.
Based connected directions by Collector J. U. Chandrakala, constabulary requested NHAI to unfastened the under-construction bridges connected the agelong to easiness postulation travel connected the way and besides to guarantee information of motorists.
Officials said that much than 80% of span enactment has been completed including the archetypal bitumen furniture connected the carriageway of the caller bridges. Strengthening of the retaining partition of the bridge, last bitumen furniture and installation of thoroughfare lights connected the span are remaining works. The full enactment for 2 bridges volition beryllium completed by December.
