Old Maravoor Bridge To Open In A Month | Mangaluru News – Times of India

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MANGALURU: The new and old bridges that are built parallel across the River Phalguni in Maravoor, about 12km from here, will be open for vehicular movement in a month. Currently, the old bridge is closed for road maintenance, and vehicular movement is allowed only on the newly built bridge, that was opened a few months ago.
Yashwanth Kumar, executive engineer, PWD, Mangaluru, said that the old bridge that was built in 1969 was closed due to ongoing works, and the newly constructed bridge was opened for vehicular movement, soon after its completion. “The old bridge is fit for vehicular movement, and has remained closed as of now, due to ongoing road work. Once it is completed, we will open both the old and new bridges for vehicular movement, and the bridges will share the load of traffic. Vehicles on the old bridge will move towards Mangaluru, whereas vehicles will ply towards Bajpe on the new bridge,” he said.
“Though vehicular movement will be allowed on both bridges in a month, it will take another year to complete the road repair work and other pending works on the new bridge,” said Yashwanth, adding, “The work cannot progress once the monsoon starts in the region. Therefore, it will take another year to complete the pending work. We are planning to complete it by March next year.”
Strengthening of old bridge
The PWD has also planned to strengthen the pier of the old bridge, once the monsoon is over. Yashwanth said that they wanted to take up the work this summer, but were unable to do so due to shortage of funds. “We will again invite the bridge experts and conduct a complete study on the strengthening of the bridge. The bridge gets another 25 or more years of life, once it is strengthened. Each pier of the old bridge will be strengthened in a phased manner, after the end of the coming monsoon.”
It can be recalled that the shortest route to Mangalore International Airport was cut off after the old Maravoor bridge developed cracks, and the number eight pier sank one foot into the riverbed on June 15, 2021. The bridge was closed for a month-and-a-half for restoration.

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