50 Flyovers-Chembur Mankhurd

Government of Maharashtra has decided to construct 50 flyovers in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. These flyovers are located on three expressways i.e. Sion - Panvel Road, Eastern - Express Highway, Western Express Highway and important roads in BMC area. These flyovers will eliminate at grade intersections on these expressways and will ensure faster, safer movement of traffic along these corridors. They will improve the traffic on cross roads and will also lead to safer pedestrian movement across highways. The total cost of flyover project is Rs. 1550 crores.

		First flyover to be completed out of this project is flyover on junction of Chembur Mankhurd Link Road on Sion Panvel Highway. The flyover is completed in 12 months against contract period of 17 months. This has been possible due to use of modern machinery and latest construction techniques used in construction. Also liberal contract provisions such as incentives for early completion has motivated the contractors to complete the work earlier.

Salient Features

Owner	Public Works Department, Maharashtra
Entrepreneur	Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Contractor	M/s. Gammon India Ltd.
Consultant	CES

Technical Aspects

Total length of	Flyover - 736 m Concrete bridge length - 440 m Ramp length - 139 m Panvel side 140 m Mumbai side
Span Arrangement	20 spans each of 20 m & one span of 40 m Obligatory span - 1 span of 40.80 m
Carriageway	One carriage way of 11 m with crash barriers of 0.5 m each at either ends, providing total deck width of 12 m
Total Value of contract	Rs. 9.70 crores
Date of commencement	9th December 1997
Completion date as per contract	5th May 1999