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Fadnavis Opens Final Phase of Pune’s Longest Sinhagad Road Flyover

The 2.5 km, ₹118 crore project is intended to ease chronic congestion on Pune’s constrained Sinhagad Road.

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The city’s longest flyover on Sinhagad Road – between Rajaram Bridge and Fun Time Cinema – was opened to the public on Monday after the inauguration of its third and last phase between Veer Shivaji Kashid Chowk and late Prakash Vitthal Inamdar Chowk by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. (HT)
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Overview

  • The third and final section between Veer Shivaji Kashid Chowk and Late Prakash Vitthal Inamdar Chowk was inaugurated on September 1, opening the full corridor to traffic.
  • The multi‑arm structure spans roughly 2.5 km at an estimated cost of ₹118 crore, delivered in phases measuring 520 metres, 2.1 km and 1.54 km between 2021 and 2025.
  • Officials say travel time on Sinhagad Road could drop from about 20 minutes to roughly six minutes, serving more than 150,000 daily vehicles and improving access to the Mumbai–Bengaluru bypass.
  • The opening followed protests by MNS, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP over earlier delays, with police enforcing heavy security and reports of some Maratha activists being detained during the CM’s visit.
  • Fadnavis was accompanied by Union minister Murlidhar Mohol and MLA Madhuri Misal, and he also opened a new pedestrian bridge linking JM Road to Shaniwar Peth across the Mutha River.