Station road flyover likely to open soon

PATNA: The state road construction department is all set dedicate the new flyover near the Patna Junction to Patnaites as a New Year gift with the Bihar Rajya Pul Nirman Nigam Limited (BRPNNL) maintaining on Saturday that the 854m flyover would be ready for vehicular traffic by December 22.
According to road construction minister Nand Kishor Yadav, a request has been sent to chief minister Nitish Kumar to inaugurate the flyover in the last week of December.“The flyover would east traffic movement on the station road to a great extent,” Nand Kishor told TOI on Saturday.
BRPNNL officials said finishing touches were now being given to the flyover constructed using ‘cable-stayed technology’ a la the Bandra-Worli sea link in Mumbai and the Chiraiyatand railway overbridge back home in Patna.
The work on the flyover, which is part of the Mithapur rail overbridge commenced in November 2013 and was initially scheduled to be completed by December 2015. The deadline was later revised to December last year and again to June this year.
“Only a final layer of bituminous coating is left to be done and the road markings and railing are left to be painted. We will complete this wok in the next five days,” said a BRPNNL engineer associated with the project.
Constructed at a cost of Rs 167.85 crore, the flyover joins the eastern flank of Chiraiyatand rail overbridge with the Mithapur rail overbridge.
The network of flyovers comprising Chiraiyatand and Mithapur railway overbridges along with two upcoming flyovers at R-Block and Karbigahiya will allow commuters to travel between Hardinge Road and Kankerbagh without any traffic snarl. The Karbigahiya flyover is proposed to be constructed at a cost of Rs 103crore and the R-Block flyover at a cost of Rs 118 crore.