Samruddhi corridor dots 1,699 tunnels, flyovers & bridges

Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is currently building the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg, which will reduce travel time between the two cities to eight hours from the current 16-hour. As many as 1,699 structures including bridges, flyovers, rail-over bridges, tunnels and interchanges are being constructed along the corridor. In addition, it will have 31 of the 65 major bridges and three of the eight rail-over bridges. Construction work on the 274 minor bridges is currently in progress. The agency will also consider opening the stretch for traffic between Igatpuri and Mumbai, which is a hilly terrain, in the next few months and is looking to complete the entire project by June 2021.