Highways team inspects bridge work across Palar in Vellore

Chennai-Bengaluru Motorway (NH-48), which came under the borders of Vellore Corporation on Saturday, evaluated the quality of the ongoing high-level bridge works on the Dry Palar River.

State Highways Department officials, the official team of the high -level expert team, the completed part of the bridge, concrete columns and decks used for the thickness and the construction of sand, blue metal and steel bars used for the total length and width of the raw material used for the quality of the quality, he said. R. POOVARASAN from the Department of Highways, “The quality assessment of the expert team helps engineers to make small corrections in the field level. It helps to prevent the waste of raw materials and complete the work on time,” he said. Hindu.

During the field inspection, Mr. Prakash was accompanied by Department Engineer for Vellore, Construction and Maintenance (C&M), State Highways (Vellore), V. Kumaresan, V. Kumaresan.

Highways officials, the under construction bridge over the river, a four -lane route will be part of the 3.9 km new Bypass road, he said. The new Bypass Road will combine the Chennai-Bengaluru Motorway in Sathuvachari with the village of Kangeyallur near the VIT in Katdi. A resident G. Vimal, “the new Bypass road, ambulances from the congested Katpadi region Christian Medical College (CMC) will help to reach the Raniipet campus,” he said.

The new bridge will be built in the Bypass stretch center in the river. It will be 475 meters long and 15 meters wide and will be at least 19 columns on the Palar River. The bridge will be at least three meters higher than the existing Katpadi bridge built in 2009 and to damage its structure and to prevent its highway from being underwater. In other words, the bridge will be built at a height of 20 ft from the dry river bed.

According to the plan, the new Bypass will be built in 24 months with 90 crore costs. Bypass’s four -lane highway will be 15 meters wide, including 2.5 meters Median. Four -lane stretch, more vehicles to use the route, will help more than the existing Katpadi overpass with a two -lane and one -way route. According to estimates, when completed, the new Bypass stretch can be used by at least 17,250 vehicles every day.

Currently, the existing Katpadi Bridge on the Palar River is the only connection between the Katpadi and the agricultural villages around Vellore Taluks. The two-lane bridge helps to reach Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka via Chittoor.