Additional Two-Lane Bridge Across Netravathi River Near B.C. Road Opens For Traffic: Click to Know

The National Highways authority of India (NHAI) informally opened the additional two-lane bridge across the Netravathi in B.C. Road, a part of B.C. Road-Adda Hole four-lane widening of Mangalore-Bengaluru National Highway 75 project on on Saturday, November 16, 2024.

Vehicles were allowed on experimental basis from Friday, November 15. Full scale vehicular movement commenced from Saturday. The new bridge accommodates traffic from Mangalore to Bengaluru while the existing bridge takes the traffic on the reverse direction. A temporary divider was constructed at B.C. Road Circle to prevent diversion of vehicles towards the old bridge and to direct them to the new bridge.

The new bridge completed within three years of taking up the fresh contract. The bridge has been 386 mt long, 13.5 mt wide and is about 16 mt in height from the base of the river. It was supported by 11 pillars at an approximate distance of 38 mt each.