A clover bridge is being planned on the busy Chandigarh-Mullanpur road by the Chandigarh Union Territory (UT) aadministration to ease congestion. A clover bar bridge is usually built across rivers with at least three lanes to carry huge traffic. Such type of bridges were constructed abroad as back as early 70s.
Category: Roads & Highways
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Work on Mumbai coastal road may begin by Dec 2014
The 35 km Mumbai coastal road project worth Rs Rs 8,000 crore is likely to be put on the fast track and work on the ambitious road project is expected to begin by December next year. The road will run from Nariman Point to Kandivli, and aimed at easing the traffic congestion in western Mumbai.
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Agencies told to give a facelift to road medians
With initiative of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) medians on Hubli roads have finally got the much-needed facelift. To ease traffic movement in Hublic city's major roads HDMC had built medians on the roads seven years back through 10 private agencies on build, operate and transfer (BOT) basis.
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Residents oppose toll booth in Bantwal
Opening of road toll booth at Brahmarakotlu in Bantwal taluk in Karnataka is being opposed by the residents in the taluk and they warned the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) that they will intensify their protest if the NHAI opens the road toll without stopping the Panemangalore bridge toll collection.
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NHAI to decide soon on Vijayawada-M’patnam h’way
In Andhra Pradesh, for widening of the Vijayawada-Machilipatnam highway, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will take a decision within a couple of weeks on the contract awarded to Hyderabad-based Madhucon Constructions.
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Sonia launches 50 road projects in Rae Bareli
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi has granted more than 50 road projects, bank branches, one FM station and a rail project to her Parliament constituency Rae Bareli. The rail project is to come up between Rae Bareli and Akbarpur. Only a week ago, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi inaugurated key railway projects in the constituency.
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Bhubaneswar plans flyover in mishap zone
To ease traffic burden on the highway stretch between Kolathia Square and Khandagiri Square in Bhubaneswar, the city police have discussed with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and proposed to build a flyover on the stretch. The development takes place following an accident on December 1, om which three were killed.
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NHAI to collect toll on Padil-BC Road from Dec 5
In Mangalore, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to collect user fee on the 18.60 km National Highway Road from the city to BC Road from December 5 midnight. With this, travel for Mangalore commuters on BC Road is to become more costly.
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Land acquisition resumed for key road in Kochi
In Kochi, for the 10 km long Thevara– Thykoodam Bund Road work, land acquisition has been resumed. For the last few months, the land acquisition work was held up. Now the land acquisition is in the final states, say media reports.
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Jharkhand to get another 3,000 km rural roads
The Union government has agreed to sanction another 3,000 km rural roads to Jharkhand under the central scheme, Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the next financial year.