Siromtoli flyover's cable-stayed-bridge clears load test, June launch likely
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Ranchi: The 142-meter-long, cable-stayed-bridge in the city, has cleared a weeklong load testing exercise and is ready for vehicular movement, officials of the state road construction department said on Friday.
With the bridge now declared fit for use, the decks have been cleared for the inauguration of the Siromtoli Flyover project in the coming weeks.
The RCD put the bridge to test, which crosses the busy railway tracks a few hundred metres away from the Ranchi railway station, between Tuesday and Friday. Starting off with 100 tonnes, the load was gradually increased to 300 tonnes to assess its structural integrity, officials said.
In the last leg of tests, trucks carrying 25 tonnes of crushed stone each were placed on the bridge for 24 hours.
"This is a proud moment. The bridge passed all phases of load testing successfully and is now ready to be opened to the public.
We used loaded trucks to simulate real-life pressure scenarios, and the results were highly satisfactory. The structural performance was stable throughout," said Binod Kacchap, executive engineer of the RCD.
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Once functional, the flyover, which is over 2 km long, will ease the traffic load from Ranchi's arterial roads. Construction of the project began in 2019 and provide access to commuters to the Kantatoli flyover.
With the bridge now tested safe, department officials are expected to work out the dates for the project's inauguration. Sunil Kumar, secretary of the RCD, said, "The date for the inauguration have not been finalised yet." However, sources in the department said the project is expected to be formally inaugurated next month.
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