Imagine a hump-free Sirsi Circle flyover

BBMP promises to finish repair work in three months

March 31, 2012 01:38 am | Updated 10:39 am IST - Bangalore:

The Sirsi Circle flyover, touted as the city's first state-of-the-art flyover, will see some repair work at last.

The Sirsi Circle flyover, touted as the city's first state-of-the-art flyover, will see some repair work at last.

The Sirsi Circle flyover, touted as the city's first state-of-the-art flyover, will see some repair work at last. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has closed the flyover partially and taken up replacement of the expansion joints.

Motorists going towards Sirsi Circle from Narasimha Raja Road and K.R. Market Circle will not be able to proceed beyond the down ramp towards Royan Circle. They have to go towards Briand Square, proceed on Sultan Road, take a right turn at Royan Circle towards Chamarajpet 1st Main, and join Mysore Road near Bangalore Body Builders' Junction.

The 2.65-km flyover, which was constructed at a cost of Rs. 97 crore, was opened for traffic in 1999 to connect Narasimha Road (Town Hall) and Sirsi Circle on Mysore Road. The flyover offered respite to motorists from wading through the congested K.R. Market. Over a period of time, the finger-type expansion joints began to give way.

Instead of replacing them, BBMP engineers had covered them with steel plates and poured asphalt over it. This made the flyover unique — it became the only overpass in Bangalore with road-humps.

The BBMP had floated tenders for the maintenance of the flyover four times between July 2008 and November 2010. Since only one contractor responded, the BBMP was forced to cancel the tender.

12 expansion joints

The flyover has 12 damaged expansion joints. The work of replacing the joints, estimated at around Rs. 2.65 crore, has now been entrusted to Sanfield India Ltd. The BBMP plans to close the flyover in phases so as to minimise public inconvenience. Officials claimed that all the expansion joints would be replaced and flyover road surface would be restored in three months.

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