Sources within the NHAI mentioned that it is going to be taken up as a part of the widening of the Chengalpattu – Tindivinam stretch of the Chennai – Tiruchi National Highway (NH 45) into an eight-lane broad facility. “The power of the present bridges that have been constructed in 1954 and 1983 have been examined. They are robust structurally and might face up to visitors. The solely situation with these amenities is their width. They are solely 6.5 mts and seven mts broad and might’t deal with many autos at a time. These bridges will likely be rehabilitated. Their decks will likely be eliminated and each will get broader decks of 10 metres width every,” mentioned a supply.
This work of changing the slim decks with broader ones will likely be taken up on completion of development of the brand new bridge. The new one will carry visitors in direction of Tiruchi and the return visitors will likely be on the present bridges. The previous and new bridges put collectively will match the width of the highway that too will grow to be eight lanes broad.
Meanwhile, work on the widening of NH 45 is being sped up and tenders for the ₹2300 crore venture are anticipated by December. The development interval can be three years. The detailed venture report for the highway with 35 junctions is nearing completion. The highway witnesses over 70,000 autos day by day and through peak hours from Tambaram to Maraimalai Nagar over 1.25 lakh autos take the highway.
Karunakaran, who takes the highway usually, mentioned that the highway as much as Tindivanam is sort of essential, particularly to individuals who journey to their natives from Chennai. “There are individuals who journey each week and even day by day, Traffic slows down on the bridges. Widening them is essential to make sure secure passage to travellers. Accidents occur when native visitors joins the primary carriageway. Local visitors must be supplied service lanes and subways,” he added.
Published – August 24, 2025 12:10 am IST
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