50 Flyovers-Chheda Nagar

The construction flyover bridge at Chhedanagar Junction on Eastern Express Highway was started through Budget provision of the State Government. While designing and fixing the alignment of this flyover, it was decided to give relief of the congestion of traffic at Chhedanagar Junction. This junction is heavily loaded due to regular traffic plying on Eastern Express Highway as well as containerized traffic of container yard on Chembur Mankhurd Link Road. It was planned to provide one way Mumbai bound flyover bridge on Chhedanagar Junction. After commencement of the construction work of flyover bridge " Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.", was formed by the Government of Maharashtra and it was decided that all projects of the flyover bridges in Mumbai will be executed by M.S.R.D.C. Ltd. In view of this, after completion of some work of this flyover, it was handed over to Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd. for further execution. This flyover bridge is one of the 55 flyovers mega project of State Government. The total expenditure on this project is RS. 13.90 crores. The said flyover will help to reduce the traffic congestion at Chhedanagar Junction on Eastern Express Highway.

Salient Features

Owner	Public Works Department, Maharashtra
Entrepreneur	Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Ltd.
Contractor	M/s Ameya Developers & J. Kumar Joint Venture
Work Supervised by	Public Works Department, Maharashtra
R.C.C. Design	Design Circle, Konkan Bhavan Navi Mumbai & MSRDC

Technical Aspects

Length of	Flyover Bridge - 702 M Bridge - 412 M Mumbai Approach - 165 M Thane Approach - 125 M
Width	One way flyover 12.00 m wide carriageway
Span Arrangement	3 Continuous Unit Comprising of 10 no. of spans
Length of Span	One obligatory span of 54 m length of vehicular traffic and 9 other spans of length 37 m to 46 m
Type of Foundation	Open & Pile Foundation
Substructure	R.C.C. " Y " shape pier
Superstructure	Twin cell PSC box girder
Bearing	P.T.F.E. bearing
Expansion Joints	Strip Seal type
Loading	3 lanes of IRC class " A " or Single Lane of IRC 70 R Loading per three lanes (11.00 m. width)
Approaches	Reinforced Earth type with R.C.C. Precast Panel & Galvanized M.S. Strip
Estimated Cost	13.50 crores
Total Expenditure	13.90 crores
Period of Completion	21 months (May - 1999) (completed with stipulated time limit)