Overview
- AMC cleared a two-phase project to replace Subhash Bridge’s superstructure and add new two-lane bridges on both sides at an estimated cost of Rs 250 crore under the EPC model.
- The bridge remains closed after cracks and settlement were detected, and inspections by empanelled consultants with IIT Roorkee and SVNIT Surat concluded the superstructure must be dismantled.
- Phase 1 will install a new superstructure with 38-meter spans using steel-composite girders and strengthen existing piers with micro-concrete jacketing, with completion targeted in nine months before reopening.
- Phase 2 will build two additional two-lane bridges at the same level with full construction from foundations to superstructure, with a planned duration of two years.
- Procurement will use a single combined EPC tender for both phases, with the municipal commissioner indicating the tender will be issued on Monday to advance work that is expected to ease congestion between northern and central Ahmedabad.