Another Engineering wonder ‘Delhi’s Signature Bridge’

Another Engineering wonder ‘Delhi’s Signature Bridge’

Inauguration on Sunday 4^th November 2018

New Delhi: After missing several deadlines, another engineering wonder of the Capital City, the Delhi’sSignature Bridge over the Yamuna in northwest Delhi set for inauguration on Sunday, 4^th November 2018.


Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia has invited the general public to witness a “civil engineering spectacle”


Fourteen years in the making, the bridge will be thrown open for the public on Monday, 5^th November 2018.


“From the top of the bridge, the people of Delhi will be able to enjoy a panoramic view of the city, like people can from the Eiffel Tower (in Paris). The people will be taken to the top of the bridge in four elevators with a total capacity of carrying 50 people,” Sisodia explained.


Specialities of the Bridge:

* The bridge will have a 154-metre-high glass viewing box, which is double the height of Qutub Minar.


*  The people will be taken to the top of the bridge in four elevators with a total capacity of carrying 50 people.


* The 575-metre bridge will also have selfie spots for tourists to capture their special moments.


* The bridge is being projected as India’s first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge.


* The bridge will reduce the travel time between north and northeast Delhi and will be developed into a tourist spot in the second phase of its development.


* Announced in 2004, the bridge was initially estimated to cost around ₹494 crore. Later, it was projected to be completed at a modified estimate of ₹1,131 crore ahead of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Delhi.