Highways department to build new bridge across Koraiyar on Madurai Road in Tiruchi

The Projects Wing of the State Highways Department will take up construction of a new bridge across the Koraiyar on Madurai Main Road in the city over the next few months

TIRUCHI

The Projects Wing of the State Highways Department will take up construction of a new bridge across the Koraiyar on Madurai Main Road in the city over the next few months.

The project was announced by the Highways Minister in the Legislative Assembly during the discussion on the department grants recently.

The road, passing through Crawford and Edamalaipattipudur from Kallukuzhi near the Railway Junction, is one of the major access route to the Integrated Bus Terminus (IBT) at Panjapur, which is expected to be opened soon.

Although the Highways Department (NH Wing) had widened a portion of the road between Panjapur and Edamalaipattipudur last year, the narrow bridge across the river on the section is yet to be rebuilt. The NH wing had widened the road section at an estimate of ₹17 crore sanctioned from the Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) scheme 2023-24.

However, reconstruction of the bridge and widening of the approach roads on both sides had been entrusted with the Projects Wing of the department.

City residents were hoping that the district authorities would take steps to widen the narrow bridge across the Koraiyar so as to provide an alternative approach road to the IBT, situated off the Tiruchi-Madurai National Highway. The narrow bridge, which could barely accommodate two-way traffic, could emerge as a major bottleneck unless widened, it was pointed out.