The Hindu 29.01.2010
Contracts for building three bridges in Chennai approved
Staff Reporter
— Photo: S.S. Kumar
PROJECT SITE: The Cooum at the end of Officer’s Colony 1st Street in Mehta Nagar where a bridge will come up.
CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation Council on Thursday approved awarding of contracts for the construction of three bridges across different waterways in the city.
The proposed facility across the Cooum river connecting Officer’s Colony, 1st Street, Mehta Nagar in Ward 73, with Venkatachalapathy Street in Ward 72 would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 3.37 crore. The bridge, which would connect two residential areas, would permit two-way traffic for LMVs. It would have a clear width of 5.50 m with footpaths of 1.50 m on either side.
The bridge across Otteri Nullah connecting Narasimha Nagar and M.S.Nagar would be 21.68-m long, have a 10.9-m wide carriageway and have footpaths of .55 m on both sides.
The bridge on Pari Street across Virugambakkam Canal in the Kilpauk zone would be constructed at a cost of Rs.1.43 crore. The length of the facility would be 43 m and the breadth 18.40 m.
The Council also sanctioned the estimate for widening of Anderson Bridge at Egmore at a cost of Rs.7.06 crore. Tenders would be soon called for the work by which 9.70 m would be added to each side of the existing carriageway.
