Shastripuram Road Over Bridge opened, to ease traffic towards RGIA and NH-44

The Shastripuram Road Over Bridge was inaugurated in Hyderabad on Friday, easing traffic towards NH-44, PVNR Expressway and RGIA. The four-lane structure is expected to significantly reduce travel time for around one lakh daily commuters across surrounding localities.

Hyderabad: A long awaited Shastripuram Road over Bridge (RoB) was now thrown open for commuters on Friday, bringing relief to around one lakh daily commuters.

The 4-lane Shastripuram RoB aims to ease traffic movement heading towards National Highway-44, the PV Narasimha Rao Expressway and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.

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Several surrounding areas would be also benefitted mainly the traffic coming from Bibi Ka Chasma, Falaknuma, Vattepally, Shastripuram, Teegalkunta, Nawab Sahab Kunta (towards Shamshabad), Katedan and Aramgarh.

Commuters and motorists who used a detour of nearly four km via National Police Academy (NPA), Shivarampally or the Falaknuma-Chandrayangutta route to reach Bandlaguda road could now reach the destination in just three to five minutes through the RoB.

The RoB allows traffic from Mailardevpally to Falaknuma RTC bus depot via Vattepally, by minimising travel time of commuters by 30 minutes.

I T minister, D Sridhar Babu inaugurated the RoB on Friday.

RoB at a Glance:

• Project cost: Rs 71 crore
• Total length: 490 meters
• Length of Railway portion: 37.28 meters
• Total width of the RoB: 16.60 meters
• Super structure: steel girders