Hyderabad, September 25, 2020 :
Inaugurated today by Sri K T Rama Rao, Hon Minister of Municipal Administration & Urba Development Industries, IT&C, Telangana
Has the world’s longest precast segmental span of 233.85 m in concrete on a cable stay bridge
Will reduce commute time between Mind Space and Jubilee Hills
Hyderabad, September 25, 2020: The iconic and engineeringly challenging cable stay bridge built by Larsen & Toubro over the Durgam Cheruvu lake was inaugurated today and dedicated to the people of Hyderabad by the Honorable Minister of Municipal Administration & Urban Development Industries, IT&C, Government of Telangana, Sri K.T. Rama Rao in the august presence of Sri G Kishan Reddy, Hon’ble Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Dr Bonthu Rammohan, Hon’ble Mayor of Hyderabad, other dignitaries, L&T’s senior management and project team.
Constructed under Telangana’s Strategic Road Development Programme, the bridge will ease traffic flow towards HITEC City, reducing commute time from Jubilee Hills to Madhapur from 30 to a mere 10 minutes and the distance from Mind Space to Jubilee Hills by 2 kms.
“Our association with this young state of Telangana has been rich and we are proud to have delivered yet another pearl to the City of Pearls,” said Mr. S N Subrahmanyan, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Larsen & Toubro. “Infrastructure development should ultimately improve the life of citizens and thisbridge will certainly improve connectivity within the city of Hyderabad manifold. We are also grateful to the Government of Telangana for having reposed faith in us once again to deliver another world-class infrastructure and are happy to have delivered to their complete satisfaction.”
“A unique aspect of this bridge is that it has the world’s longest precast segmental span of 233.85 m in concrete for a cable stay bridge,” elaborated Mr. S V Desai, Whole Time Director & Senior Executive Vice President (Civil Infrastructure), Larsen & Toubro. “We have constructed it despite the extremely challengingconditions and terrains that we encountered using a total of 428 MT of high-tensile strand, 26,600 cum of concrete, 4,800 MT of steel and 287 MT of stay-cables. We are happy that we have delivered the project in time even during these unprecedent times of the pandemic.”
The Cable Stayed bridge portion is 435 m long, including the approaches at both ends, 25.8 m wide with a total of 52 stay cables. The approach viaduct and solid ramps are 309.8 m long with 1.8 m wide footpaths on both the sides. While the cables were procured from Germany, everything else is sourced from India makingit a very example of the ‘Make in India’ movement.
Background:Larsen & Toubro is an Indian multinational engaged in engineering, procurement and constructionprojects, manufacturing, defence and services with over USD 21 billion in revenue. It operates inover 30 countries worldwide. A strong, customer–focused approach and the constant quest for top classquality have enabled L&T to attain and sustain leadership in its major lines of business for eightdecades.