Flyover at Ananda Rao Circle to be ready next month

Flyover at Ananda Rao Circle to be ready next month

The Hindu

Work on the five-lane carriageway is being taken up at a cost of Rs. 27.6 crores

Bangalore: The long wait will be over and traffic snarls at one of the city's busiest intersections may disappear when the five-lane flyover at Ananda Rao Circle is opened to traffic early in January.

The project taken up by Bangalore Development Authority has a main carriageway from Khoday's Circle on Seshadri Road, 646 metres long and 14 metres wide. It has a 258-metre loop towards the racecourse and an exit ramp.

The flyover has five lanes in a single direction and a two-lane down ramp towards Basaveshwara Circle. There will be four lanes on the stretch between Seshadri Road and over Ananda Rao Circle, ending at Subbanna Circle.

The flyover is expected to benefit those driving towards the city railway station and bus station and also those on their way to the racecourse and Basaveshwara Circle. Additional lanes have been provided to meet the needs of the volume of traffic, according to the BDA.

The Rs. 27.6-crore flyover was to be completed by mid-November but factors such as heavy rain held up work. Now it is likely to be opened to traffic by the first week of January.

New technology

In its future flyover projects, the BDA has drawn up plans to use some new technology. The authority will have anti-skid surfacing, using German technology. This is to be used at the flyover planned for Trinity Circle.

BDA earlier used time-saving technology such as pre-cast components assembled at site. Some were used at the Krishnarajauram-Whitefield Road flyover and some are part of the Airport Road flyover project. Using pre-fabricated components also reduces cost.

The peripheral ring road, connecting Kengeri and Kanakapura, is likely to be opened to traffic by the end of January. Besides diverting truck traffic and long distance buses away from city roads, it is expected to help commuters in the new suburbs.