NHSRCL completes ninth steel bridge of bullet train route in Gujarat

“The second 100 m span of 2 X 100 m long steel bridge was successfully launched over NH-48 (connecting Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai) near Nadiad, Gujarat for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project. The first span of 100 m for this steel bridge was completed in April 2025. This is the ninth steel bridge completed out of the planned 17 steel bridges in Gujarat,” NHSRCL said in a statement on Wednesday.

Comprising two spans of 100 m each, this steel bridge weighs around 2,884 metric tons, stands 14.6 meters tall and 14.3 meters wide. Fabricated at the workshop in Salasar, near Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, the steel bridges are designed for a 100 year lifespan, the NHSRCL added.

“NH-48 is one of the busiest highways of six lanes (three lanes on each side). The second span of the bridge was launched on the highway across the three lanes by sliding the span for 100 m from one end. The launching was carried out with a schedule to ensure smooth traffic flow on the highway, minimizing disruption to road users,” the NHSRCL said.

According to the NHSRCL, the 200-m-long steel bridge has been constructed with approximately 1,14,172 Tor-Shear Type High Strength (TTHS) bolts, C5 system painting, and elastomeric bearings. It was assembled on temporary trestles at a height of 14.9 meters above the ground and was moved using an automatic mechanism with two semi-automatic jacks, each capable of lifting 250 tons, with macalloy bars.

There are 28 steel bridges planned for the entire corridor, out of which, 11 are in Maharashtra and 17 in Gujarat.

Steel bridges completed in Gujarat so far

1. 70-meter bridge across NH53 in Surat

2. 100-meter bridge over Vadodara-Ahmedabad main line of Indian Railways near Nadiad

3. 230-meter bridge over Delhi-Mumbai National Expressway near Vadodara

4. 100-meter bridge near Silvassa in Dadra and Nagar Haveli

5. 60-meter bridge over Western Railways in Vadodara

6. 100m and 60m bridges over two Dedicated Freight Corridor tracks and two Western Railway tracks in Surat

7. 70-m bridge over two DFCC tracks near Vadodara

8. 100-meter bridge over two DFCC tracks near Bharuch

9. 200meter over NH-48 in Nadia

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