India's second longest cable-stayed bridge to open soon in Goa
02 Sep 2022 12:22:07
Panaji, September 2: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant recently performed a puja at the ceremony marking the final section's lifting of Zuari Cable-stayed bridge which is scheduled to open to traffic in November this year.
Building a bridge over Zuari River on NH-17/NH 66 on Panjim-Mangalore segment in Goa is a part of constructing Zuari cable-stayed bridge. This bridge had been linked completely when the last segment had been lifted over Zuari river.
He added that the Zuari cable-stayed bridge was the vision of Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi.
French, Chinese, Central Public Works Department, and state Public Works Department specialists helped in the project. Goa PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral stated that while the construction took 8 years & the bridge would be "iconic" in Goa.
The bridge will have dual carriageways 27m wide and a 10.7m centre median. For construction logistics, the bridge deck is a composite structure (steel structure and concrete) with a temporary steel walkway connecting both sides of embankments and pylon foundation locations.
The bridge deck is built on-site using cutting-edge robotic welding technology. It is transported into the river by barge and lifted and erected by lifting frames.
The bridge is the second-longest cable-stayed bridge in India. Once operational, this 8-lane cable-stayed bridge will reduce the congestion on the two-lane bridge crossing Zuari river.
The new Zuari cable-stayed bridge will be 640m long, with a central span of 360m and end-spans of 140m on both sides, making it India's second longest cable-stayed bridge.
Building a bridge over Zuari River on NH-17/NH 66 on Panjim-Mangalore segment in Goa is a part of constructing Zuari cable-stayed bridge. This bridge had been linked completely when the last segment had been lifted over Zuari river.
At the event, CM Sawant said the bridge that connected Bambolim in North Goa to Verna junction in South Goa was built at Rs. 1,436 crores and in 3 phases. "In the last 60 years (of Goa's liberation) you may have seen a development of different kinds, but you have been witness to the infrastructure development that has been done since 2014. It has been done by the double-engine Sarkar," Sawant said.
French, Chinese, Central Public Works Department, and state Public Works Department specialists helped in the project. Goa PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral stated that while the construction took 8 years & the bridge would be "iconic" in Goa.
The bridge will have dual carriageways 27m wide and a 10.7m centre median. For construction logistics, the bridge deck is a composite structure (steel structure and concrete) with a temporary steel walkway connecting both sides of embankments and pylon foundation locations.
The bridge deck is built on-site using cutting-edge robotic welding technology. It is transported into the river by barge and lifted and erected by lifting frames.