High Level River Bridge on Sonebhadra River in Sonebhadra District, Uttar Pradesh on EPC Mode

High Level River Bridge on Sonebhadra River in Sonebhadra District, Uttar Pradesh on EPC Mode

Problem Statement:- To reach Nakatwar side from Ranidih side, people had to take a very long route and go round through Chahikala Village or have to cross the Sone River which is a perennial river located in central India. The river being the second-largest southern tributary of the Ganges' after Yamuna, it was very difficult or even impossible to cross the river.Due to this major transportation obstacle,people had to face lot of difficulties in commuting between the two region and spend over 2 hours to reach from one location to the other thus hampering commerce & trade within the region and limiting the village development.Furthermore, the site was located in the in the interior region of Mirzapur which is aNaxalite area and the was surrounded by borders of 4 statesi.e. UP, Bihar,Jharkhandand Madhya Pradesh thus making the project extremely difficult to execute.

Solution:- The only effective solution to this hurdle was to construct a Bridge overSone River for connectivity of both sides ofthe river bank.We designed & constructeda 1.75 KM long High-Level Bridge with 3 KM long approaches consisting of PSC Girders of span 34.63 meters each,having 4 girders per span (12 mtr width of deck slab)to connect both sides of theriverbank. The bridge was proposed to be constructed withpile foundation having average pile depth of 22 meters. To prevent any Naxalites from hampering the work progress, complete works was executed under strict supervision and protection of CRPF and UP police.

Outcome:- After construction of the High-Level Bridge overriver Sone, the life of the villagers on either side of the river bank has drastically improved. The travel time between the two ends of the river has reduced from 2 hours to maximum 20 minutes. Because of the bridge, local villagers and other transporters do not have to take long routes or have to cross the long river & they can commute over the river without any danger. This bridge will be one of the most useful & important bridges in the future.