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Manipuram RoB partially opened for traffic

Staff Reporter

Photo: T. Vijaya Kumar

Traffic being partially allowed on Manipuram Road Over Bridge in Guntur from Wednesday. —

GUNTUR: The long wait for completion of Road Over Bridge on the Guntur-Vijayawada approach Road has come to an end as the bridge was partially thrown open for trafficfrom Wednesday.

Though heavy vehicles cannot move on this two-lane RoB that has a divider segregating the traffic coming into the city and the other going out, at this time, two-wheelers and three-wheelers can move on this. Roads and Buildings department was taking all pains to make it fully operational at least on one lane of the road so that buses and lorries need not go round about via Old Guntur to National Highway near NTR Manasarovar and then go to Vijayawada. The old approach route from NTR Bus Station to National Highway via Autonagar would be restored partially and vehicles going out of the city or coming allowed on the bridge till the construction of second lane is completed Municipal Corporation shifts its drinking water pipeline. Municipal Commissioner Siddhartha Jain said the GMC had sought permission from World Bank for retendering and the process would begin soon facilitating completion of the long-pending work. With at least some vehicles moving on this bridge the traffic in lanes and by-lanes of Nehru Nagar and adjoining areas has come down, providing much needed relief to people there.

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