Date:03/07/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/07/03/stories/2006070311530300.htm

Karnataka - Bangalore

Airport Road Flyover, Jayadeva underpass to be inaugurated soon

Staff Reporter

Work completed after a delay of almost two years

Load tests on the Airport Road Flyover launched on Friday

Main Jayadeva Flyover inaugurated last year

BANGALORE: After a delay of almost two years, both Airport Road Flyover and the road underpass at Jayadeva Flyover are almost complete and would be opened to the public shortly.

M.K. Shankaralinge Gowda, Commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority, said the main carriageway of the airport road flyover would be opened to the public on July 8. On Friday, the BDA started load tests for the flyover. The complete Airport Road Flyover, with three loops, would be completed by September, Mr. Shankaralinge Gowda said. "Once traffic eases on the main road, we will start work on the loops. We will complete one each month," he added. The airport road flyover was envisioned in 1999.

The underpass and grade-level separator of Jayadeva Flyover would be opened on July 15, he said.