The
work of the much-talked about and anticipated, Maharashtra’s first ever
two-tier flyover at Nashik Phata is complete. The flyover Nashik Phata in Pimpri-Chinchwad is the first
multi-layered flyover in the district. The critical junction in Kasarwadi where
two major highways Pune-Nashik Highway and Mumbai Pune Highway meet – is where
the most anticipated flyover has got constructed. The uniqueness
of the project is it crosses two national highways — NH 4 and NH 15 and the
river, railway bridge.
While the Nashik highway has been widened to 42 meters, the
Mumbai-Pune highway has been widened to 61 meters.
Unidirectional two lane traffic would be followed on the
upper flyover for the commuters travelling from Pune to Nashik without any
signals or halts. The road is 9.5m wide, 913m long with 20m highest point from
ground level.
People travelling from Bhosari to Sangvi, Pimple Saudagar,
Pimple Gurav and Wakad will use the lower flyover. This flyover is a two way traffic road that
runs over the Mumbai Pune Highway, Pune Mumbai Railway Line and Pavana River. With two lanes and a footpath, the road comes
with the total width of 30.6m and length of 1.09km.
Permission from the Railways as well as from the
Union ministry of surface transport was needed for the construction.
Initially the project was to be implemented under
the Union governments Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Later the World Bank (WB) approved the loan
for the construction of the Empire Estate flyover as well as the Nashik Phata
flyover. So The flyover is built partly from JNNURM funds and partly from the
WB loan.
Earlier MSRDC had planned a simple flyover at
Nashik Phata chowk, but after studying the topography and traffic conditions at chowk, a decision
was made taken to link the Pune-Mumbai expressway to the Pune-Mumbai highway
and the Pune-Nashik highway.
About the structure
Rs103.50 crore: Cost of the project
Architecture
Design: Consulting Engineering Services Pvt Ltd
Project
Funded By: World Bank and JNURM
Developer
: BG Shirke and VM Mistry
First Level:
Twin
flyovers from Bhosari to Wakad
15.30 meters:
width
1,100.20 meters:
length
6 meters:
height of the chowk
Dedicated
lane for BRTS, motor- vehicle, cycle track, footpath
Second Level:
One way-
Pune to Nashik
9.30 meters
(two lane): width
11,000 meters:
length
20 meters:
height
3 ramps for
pedestrians
The bridge will do what was once considered
improbable — connect the IT and
industrial hub of Pimpri Chinchwad. The flyover will also connect the newly
well-developed residential suburbs and two major highways NH-4 and NH-15.
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