Kota Chambal Bridge

Kota hanging Bridge
Coordinates 25°08′32″N 75°47′37″E / 25.14222°N 75.79361°E / 25.14222; 75.79361Coordinates: 25°08′32″N 75°47′37″E / 25.14222°N 75.79361°E / 25.14222; 75.79361
Carries North–South and East–West Corridor
Crosses Chambal River
Locale Kota, Rajasthan
Official name Kota Bypass Bridge
Other name(s) Chambal Cable bridge
Maintained by National Highways Authority of India
Characteristics
Design Cable-stayed bridge
Total length 1.5 km
Width 30 meters
Height 125 metres (410 ft) (pylons)
Longest span 350.5 m (1,150 ft)
Clearance above 46 meters
Clearance below 46 metres
History
Construction start 2008
Construction end 2017
Statistics
Toll none
Kota hanging Bridge
Location in India

The Kota Bridge or Kota Chambal or Kota Cable Bridge is a cable bridge in Kota, Rajasthan. The bridge was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 29 August 2017. The bridge is situated on the Kota Bypass. It crosses the Chambal River just outside the kota city.

Funding

The project is being sponsored by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in a 2750 million INR investment on the bridge and a 40 months-deadline. The agreement was signed in 2006. Due to delay in Environmental and Wild life clearances it could start in 2007 only. The bridge was scheduled to be opened in November 2012. Later this was pushed to May 2017. It is being constructed by Hyundai Engineering of South Korea.

Structure

This bridge is cable-stayed with single plain suspension with the main span of 350 metres[1] and lateral spans of 175 metres on either side of the bridge. The bridge is around 60-metre-high from the surface of the Chambal River.Kota’s Iconic Engineering Marvel open for commuters on 29 August 2017.[2][3][4]

Accident

Kota Chambal Bridge under construction

On 24 December 2009, at about 5.30 pm a heartbroken incident, deadly accident occurred during its construction. The under-construction west side of the bridge comprising span P4-P3, Pilon P4, Pier P4 and cantilever portion up to segment 10 (each segment being 3.5 meters) collapsed into the river below without any warning signs, killing 48 workers and engineers and injuring a few more.[5]

References

  1. ↑ User, Super. "Chambal Cable Stayed Bridge Connecting Shores". www.nbmcw.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  2. ↑ "Kota 'hanging bridge' a boon for people in Hadouti region". The Financial Express. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  3. ↑ Hanging Bridge to open for commuters on 29 August 2017
  4. ↑ "Connecting Rajasthan: PM Modi inaugurates hanging bridge across Chambal in Kota". Retrieved 2017-09-16.
  5. ↑ "OneIndia Bridge collapse".


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