Bhubaneswar: A bowstring girder measuring 60 meters long and weighing about 355 tonnes was launched at a Road Over Bridge (ROB) near Sambalpur today. It has been built by the Construction wing of East Coast Railway (ECoR).
“Launching of such a Bow String Girder at ROB was a challenge. The team of Chief Project Manager (CPM) of Construction Wing of East Coast Railway at Sambalpur completed this job with accurate planning and got the work executed successfully despite lots of constraints and difficulties,” ECoR stated
ROB at Khetarajpur is being constructed in lieu of Special Class Level Crossing which is highly congested and has a Train Vehicle Unit (TVU) of 413708 units as per the census taken on October 2018, ECoR informed.
“The construction of ROB is in high demand at this place. Out of 35 piers and 2 abutments, 4 piers (pier 21-24) belongs to Railway portion and the span above the Railway track is 60m whereas the approach spans are 24 m on both sides,” a senior official of the ECoR said.
The launching of 60m Bow String Girder was a difficult proposition which has been successfully executed. The State government portion of rest spans is also under construction. Once this ROB gets functional there will be a huge relief to the commuters at the Level Crossing of Khetrajpur area.
This will facilitate the movement of traffic from Remed Chowk of NH6 to Khetrajpur. The foundation stone of ROB was being laid by the then Railway Minister Manoj Sinha in August 2017.