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Restoration of the Sarangapani Memorial Road Over Bridge (ROB), 1 of the oldest and astir captious links successful Mayiladuthurai, is nearing completion with large structural and information works progressing successful afloat swing.
Constructed successful 1974 crossed Level Crossing 231 connected the Kumbakonam–Town Railway section, the 600-metre-long span connects Kaveri Nagar and Sitharkadu, forming the halfway postulation corridor of the town. The State Highways Department is executing a ₹6-crore renovation task aimed astatine extending the bridge’s lifespan and improving its load-bearing capacity.
While the instauration remains strong, the superstructure and platform person been taken up for extended strengthening. Damaged factual beneath the girders is being replaced with caller reinforced concrete, and the guniting process is nether mode to seal cracks and reenforce the pillars.
Of the 9 spans, bearing replacement has been completed successful five, with the remaining spans progressing steadily. The span has 35 enlargement joints, each of which are being replaced; welding and alloy sheet installation are implicit connected 17 joints truthful far. The aged parapet and handrail walls are being dismantled and replaced with caller reinforced factual parapets for improved safety.
Encroachments connected the Sitharkadu broadside were cleared earlier this year, enabling creaseless enactment flow. Milling of the platform aboveground is complete, and a caller furniture of Bituminous Concrete (BC) volition soon beryllium laid.
The span was closed to postulation from October 3. Officials accidental implicit 50% of the enactment has been completed, and a last inspection is scheduled by November 30, up of the bridge’s reopening for nationalist use.
“The Sarangapani Bridge has served the municipality for astir 5 decades. Once reopened, it volition guarantee safer, smoother postulation and renewed connectivity crossed Mayiladuthurai,” said a elder highways official.
The task is being supervised by Divisional Engineer M. Manisundaram and Assistant Executive Engineer B. Suryamurthy.
