Work on Second Bridge on Mangalore Airport Road Reaches Final Stage: To Be Completed Soon

Work on Second Bridge on Mangalore Airport Road Reaches Final Stage: To Be Completed Soon

The second bridge across the Phalguni (Gurupura) on Airport Road in Mangalore which is a part of the four-lane road till the international airport entrance, has reached its final stages of construction. The girders are being placed on pillars and deck concreting has been taken up.

The ₹16-crore bridge project began about a year ago with a view to de-congesting Airport Road between Marakada and Airport Entrance. Airport Road is a four-lane stretch between KPT Junction and Marakada. Approach roads for the bridge are being constructed and they will be completed only after the monsoon. Meanwhile, work on the four-lane road from the bridges to Airport Entrance too is progressing well. The completion of the four-lane work will coincide with the commissioning of the second bridge.

The existing bridge, a portion of which had sunken a few foot last monsoon and later stabilised after its foundation was raised, is in good condition and can take traffic. There is no urgency to open the new bridge in a hurry. Once the new bridge is commissioned, the PWD department will close the old bridge for traffic for a complete overhaul.
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