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ighway construction construction, Joshi gave the 140 metres (460 ft) long. “A
is far easier than example of the New Zuari cable- state-of-the-art bridge, it was,
the construction of stayed bridge in Goa. The bridge at the time of construction, the
bridges, according to is built using steel pylons 125 second largest and even now,
Atul Joshi. Since the metres (410 ft) high. With a total the widest bridge in the country.
Hlast seven years many length of 640 metres (2,100 ft), it Indian designers at that time
complex bridges like cable-stayed is the second longest cable-stayed did not have much expertise so
and extra-dosed are coming up bridge in India. The total width we engaged a designer from
and Dilip Buildcon is one of the of the bridge is 27 metres (89 ft), France and a proof consultant
leading companies in India with with 4 lanes in each direction. from China.” The first phase of
expertise in the construction of The deck over the main span is the bridge became functional in
these types of bridges.
360 metres (1,180 ft) long. The December 2022 and the second
Elaborating on the challenges two side spans are supported southbound bridge was opened a
faced during design and by parallel wire cables and are year later.
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