Mumbai Metro Line 2B Hits Key Milestone As MMRDA Installs First 70-Tonne Steel Segment On Bandra Cable-Stayed Bridge
Officials said the segment was hoisted and fixed without halting train services or vehicle flow.The bridge is a key element of the 23.6-km Metro Line 2B corridor linking D.N. Nagar with Mandale, among Mumbai's principal east-west metro routes.MMRDA said the structure has a 104-metre main span held up by back spans of 43 metres and 53 metres. Its steel superstructure is made of 49 composite steel segments, 24 across the back spans and 25 across the main span.
- ▪Officials said the segment was hoisted and fixed without halting train services or vehicle flow.The bridge is a key element of the 23.6-km Metro Line 2B corridor linking D.N.
- ▪Nagar with Mandale, among Mumbai's principal east-west metro routes.MMRDA said the structure has a 104-metre main span held up by back spans of 43 metres and 53 metres.
- ▪Its steel superstructure is made of 49 composite steel segments, 24 across the back spans and 25 across the main span.
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Work on Mumbai Metro Line 2B has reached another important stage, with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) putting in place the first 70-tonne back-span pier segment of the Bandra Railway Over Bridge (ROB), The Free Press Journal reported.The move signals the start of steel superstructure work on one of the city's most demanding cable-stayed bridges.Measuring 200 metres, the bridge is coming up over the Western Express Highway and the Western Railway corridor close to Bandra railway station, an area that sees dense rail and road traffic through the day. Officials said the segment was hoisted and fixed without halting train services or vehicle flow.The bridge is a key element of the 23.6-km Metro Line 2B corridor linking D.N.
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