DMRC to build a bridge over flyover on Pink Line

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation's metro line connecting Majlis Park to Maujpur corridor, a part of its Phase-IV expansion, will pass over a double-carriageway flyover near north Delhi’s Jagatpur village. As of now, the construction work of the piers on both sides of the flyover is over. Principal Executive Director, Corporate Communications, Anuj Dayal, informed that the 12.5-km elevated corridor will be constructed over the Shinghali Bridge at Gujjar chowk and is likely to be completed by next year. It will connect two ends of the existing Pink Line, thus creating Delhi’s first ring corridor. On the line the viaduct will be 14 metres above the ground and the distance between the flyover and the viaduct will be six metres.

The under-construction elevated viaduct of this corridor will cross a flyover at Gujjar Chowk. Crossing flyovers is always a critical engineering challenge as the process needs meticulous planning and astute execution with round-the-clock observation. The viaduct above the double-carriageway flyover is 34 meters long and T-girders will be installed above the flyover. Since it is a busy flyover, the girder launch will be carried out during the late hours at night to avoid inconvenience to vehicle movement underneath. In fact, the specially designed T-girders will be precast in the casting yard and will be launched using high-capacity cranes.