Date:16/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/16/stories/2008051658300300.htm

Tamil Nadu - Chennai

Usman Road flyover to be opened in July

Staff Reporter

— Photo: Chennai Corporation

Nearing completion: Work in progress on the Usman Road flyover on Thursday.

CHENNAI: Mayor M. Subramanian on Thursday announced that the flyover at the Usman Road-Duraisamy Road junction would be opened in July by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi.

The project is set to be completed ahead of schedule, he said after inspecting the work. He also inspected ongoing work at the G.N. Road-Thirumalai Road junction.

Work on the Usman Road flyover, being built at a cost of Rs. 19.8 crore, started in September last year. The project was to be ready 15 months from the date and is being completed a few months early. Work on 24 pillars has been completed.

The portion of the flyover that would rise on the pillars runs to a length of about 500 metres and the sloping approach would run to 281 m.

The 11-m wide bridge would allow movement of traffic in both directions.

The G.N. Road-Thirumalai Road junction flyover is being constructed at a cost of Rs.16.5 crore and would be completed by December, according to a press release.

The Mayor was accompanied by Chennai Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni and elected representatives.