Karimnagar cable bridge to be ready soon

Karimnagar: The Karimnagar cable bridge will be ready soon. Except for the approach roads and the underpass bridges, work on the main bridge has already been completed. The bridge will be opened for vehicular traffic once the ongoing works of the approach roads are completed. According to officials, though the main structure was completed, the […]

Karimnagar: The Karimnagar cable bridge will be ready soon. Except for the approach roads and the underpass bridges, work on the main bridge has already been completed. The bridge will be opened for vehicular traffic once the ongoing works of the approach roads are completed.

According to officials, though the main structure was completed, the work on the approach road was delayed due to court cases. As all cases have now been cleared, officials are busy in completing the approach roads and two underpass bridges which will help vehicles go onto the bridge.

Local MLA and BC Welfare Minister, Gangula Kamalakar, who recently inspected the works, instructed the officials to ensure that the bridge was ready by January 1 by completing all pending works by December 31.

As part of the Manair River Front project, the cable-stayed bridge was proposed across the river Manair in the downstream of Lower Manair Dam (LMD) near the housing board colony on the outskirts of Karimnagar town.

On December 30, 2017, the then Roads and Buildings Minister, Thummala Nageshwar Rao, laid the foundation for the project taken up at a cost of Rs.181 crore. Both TATA Projects and Glumark, a Turkey-based company, are constructing the bridge.

Besides the 500-metre cable bridge, a four-lane road from Kaman to the bridge and other side of the bridge up to Sadasivpalli, a flyover on Rajiv Rahadari in Peddapalli bypass road, LED lamps and beautification works were designed under the project.

 

The main structure, including a 500-metre road, two pylons, intermediate piers and abutments have also been completed. Load test was also done by placing 950 tons weight on the main span of the bridge in June last year.

In order to display Telangana culture and history on special occasions, officials have also decided to arrange a dynamic lighting system at a cost of Rs 3.5 crore.

Two each of the pylons and intermediate piers and abutments is the main structure in the bridge. Each pylon with 44.8 metre height plays a vital role in balancing the bridge. They are holding 138 segments arranged for the purpose of the road with the help of cables. Cables are balancing segments arranged in 220 meter in between two pylons as well as segments arranged in 110 110 metre in between piers to pylons either side. The distance between abutments to piers is 30 meters. The four-lane bridge road has also two each of 1.5 metre footpaths, 0.5 meter railing kerb and a median of 1.5 metre.

Speaking to Telangana Today, Roads and Building Executive Engineer Sambasivarao said they were striving hard to complete the approach roads and other pending works as early as possible. When asked about the Minister’s deadline, EE said that they would put all efforts to reach the target fixed by the Minister.