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Maha Metro in the process of setting up
country’s fi rst 4-layer transportation on
Kamptee Road
• Country’s Largest Maha Metro is in the process of setting up task.
Double Decker Girder country’s first 4-layer transportation on Kamptee
Coming Up in Reach-II Road. The four layer transportation includes Highlights of the Steel Structure:
• The 1,634 tonne Huge the existing road and the railway track, above • The girder will be at a height of 24 metres
from the ground.
it. The flyover and the Metro Via-duct - both
Structure Fabricated at being constructed by Maha Metro - form the • The total weight of the girder is 1,634 tonnes.
Butibori Industrial Estate third and the fourth layer of the transportation • In all, 154 workers took part in the
system. The via-duct is part of Reach-II, preparation of its spare parts.
which stretches from Sitabuldi Interchange to • A 78,000 capacity High Strength Friction
Automotive Square. This is the second such Grip (HSFG) bolt was used for erection.
unique construction after Balanced Cantilever,
which has been erected near Anand Talkies as The proposed flyover and Metro Track share the
part of Reach-IV alignment. ‘Right of Way’, which effectively means that the
The huge structure weighs 1,634 tonnes and two structures have been constructed on the
has been fabricated at Butibori Industrial Estate. same pier, thus saving space and expenditure
The monolith structure was first fabricated and in the process. This was all the more essential
then dismantled at Butibori and is being shifted as the Kamptee Road, on which the structure
to the work site by road. The robust condition is being erected is one of the busiest roads of
of the steel structure can be gauged from the the city. The flyover starts at Automotive Square
fact that two cranes of 250 tonne capacity and ends at LIC Square. One completed, the
were required while erecting it. Similarly, given multi-layer transportation structure will not just
the height at which the structure would be add tot eh beauty and charm of the city, but
erected at Gaddigodam, two cranes of 500 would also effectively reduce traffic congestion
tonne capacity would be needed for the same on the existing road.
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