The Okha–Beyt Dwarka Signature Bridge is an under construction
cable-stayed sea bridge in India, connecting the
Beyt Dwarka island in the
Gulf of Kutch
The Gulf of Kutch is located between the peninsula regions of Kutch and Saurashtra, bounded in the state of Gujarat that borders Pakistan. It opens towards the Arabian Sea facing the Osman Gulf.
It is about 50 km wide at the entrance bef ...
and
Okha. The total length of the bridge is .
History
Approval for the construction of the bridge was given by Union Transport Minister
Nitin Gadkari
Nitin Jairam Gadkari (; born 27 May 1957) is an Indian politician from Maharashtra who is the current Minister for Road Transport & Highways in the Government of India. He is also the longest serving Minister for Road Transport & Highways cur ...
in 2016.
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from ...
laid the foundation stone of the bridge between
Okha and
Beyt Dwarka on 7 October 2017.
It will constructed at the cost of .
The bridge will serve about 8500 people living on the island as well as about two million pilgrims visiting the temples there.
Architectural features
Okha–Beyt Dwarka Signature Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge, with cables in a fan arrangement, built using steel
pylons
Pylon may refer to:
Structures and boundaries
* Pylon (architecture), the gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple or Christian cathedral
* Pylon, a support tower structure for suspension bridges or highways
* Pylon, an orange mar ...
.
The deck is made of composite steel-reinforced concrete with two carriageways. The total width of the bridge is , with two lanes in each direction and a -wide footpath on each side. The solar panels atop footpath shade have capacity of 1
MW.
With a total length of , the cable bridge has a long central cable section. It has three spans with 500 metre-long middle span, the largest in India. The other 13 spans on either sides have length of 50 metre each. The approaches on Okha and Beyt Dwarka sides have length of 209 metre and 1101 metre respectively. Two A-shaped composite pylons supporting the bridge are 129.985 metre tall.
The total length of the road is .
See also
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Sudama Setu
Sudama Setu is a pedestrian suspension bridge in Dwarka, Gujarat, India. It is named for Sudama, a childhood friend of Krishna. Proposed in 2005, the bridge was opened in 2016.
History
A pedestrian bridge over Gomti river connects Jagat Mandir ...
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List of longest bridges in the world
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List of longest bridges above water in India
This is a list of India's bridges longer than , sorted by their full length above water.
Bridges
See also
*List of longest bridges in the world
*List of road–rail bridges
*List of bridges in India
*List of longest bridges in West Bengal
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References
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Bridges in Gujarat
Cable-stayed bridges in India
Road bridges in India
Cross-sea bridges in Asia