Bridge Name: | New Nizamuddin Bridge Delhi |
Official Name: | Indo-Japanese Friendship Bridge |
Carries: | 4 lanes |
Location: | Delhi, India |
Design: | T-section girder bridge |
Length: | 551.2m |
Width: | 22.6m |
Traffic: | motorway |
Material: | Prestressed concrete |
Begin: | 1996 |
Complete: | 1998 |
Coordinates: | 28.6005°N 77.2622°W |
New Nizamuddin bridge is one of the main bridge that connects Trans Yamuna in the east Delhi with Ring Road in South Delhi across river Yamuna. Also known as Indo-Japanese Friendship Bridge.[1] There are eight motorway Bridges across Yamuna this is the sixth motorway bridge from north to south there are two more motorway Bridges south of this.[1] The bridge was built in 1970 and later in 1998 widened to 8 lanes.
Vehicles from Ghaziabad and east Delhi use this route to connect with south Delhi, making it one of the busiest routes on NH-24. It was built by Larsen & Toubro with the help of Japanese Government's Grant Aid Scheme, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (AJIC), and executed through the Indian Ministry of Surface Transport (MOST).[2] Construction began in February 96 and was finished in two years time in February 1998. The bridge is 551.2 meters long and has 13 spans of 42-meter length. It has a total width of 22.6 meter, a four lane motorway that's 15 meter wide and 3-meter wide cycle tracks on both sides. It has a prestressed concrete superstructure.[2]