The first metro bridge over the Yamuna being built using the cantilever construction technique has been completed, DMRC Managing Director Vikas Kumar has said and added that the entire work was expected to be completed by September.
He further mentioned that, this bridge will be the fifth metro bridge over the Yamuna, is a part of Delhi Metro's ongoing Phase IV project. Kumar also mentioned that this state-of-the-art bridge would be "visually appealing" and would become an iconic landmark, similar to the Signature Bridge.
He demonstrated that, the Signature Bridge, which connecting Wazirabad to the inner city, is "India's first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge." He also noted that its pylon is the tallest structure in Delhi, and it is double the height of the Qutub Minar.
In an interview with PTI, Kumar said “This state-of-the-art bridge would be "visually appealing" and become an iconic landmark similar to the Signature.”
The bridge boasts a viewing box at a height of 154 metres that acts as a selfie point. It shortens travel time between north and northeast Delhi, according to the website of the North East district.
Kumar told PTI, "The status is that almost 50 per cent of the work is complete. It is in two modules of 290 metres each, the total length is 580 metres, and, one module is complete, having four spans." He further added that, The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) commenced in 2020 preliminary work on the bridge, which is part of the Majlis Park-Maujpur corridor being built under the Phase IV project. The DMRC is currently conducting the construction on 65.2 kilometres of three priority corridors spanning 45 stations under the project -- Janakpuri West-RK Ashram Marg (28.92 kilometres), Majlis Park-Maujpur (12.55 kilometres), which are extensions of the already operational Magenta and Pink lines, and Aerocity-Tughlakabad (23.62 kilometres) that is being built as the Silver Line to connect the Violet Line and the Airport Line from the respective ends.
The new bridge across the the Yamuna will come up between two existing bridges which are the Wazirabad Bridge and the Signature Bridge. With eight spans and nine piers, the bridge will connect the Soorghat and Sonia Vihar stations of the Pink Line.
Regarding this the DMRC said, "This will be the first-ever metro bridge over the Yamuna to be built using the cantilever construction method. A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is supported at only one end."
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