ARA: The north wing of the new Koilwar bridge over Sone river will open for traffic on May 14. Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari will inaugurate the three lanes through videoconference. The three southern lanes of the six-lane bridge were inaugurated on December 10, 2021.
The 1528-metre-long and 32-metre-wide six-lane bridge built parallel to the old Koilwar bridge will ease the traffic snarls and make travelling easy for the commuters coming from and going to Patna from south Bihar towns as well as the eastern UP areas.
The bridge has been built at the cost of about Rs822 crore. It is part of the Patna-Bhojpur-Buxar four-lane project. On March 17, Gadkari told Rajya Sabha member and former deputy chief minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi that the 92-km-long Koilwar-Bhojpur-Buxar four-lane road is likely to be completed by the end of this year.More than 72% of the work has been completed, Gadkari stated in his written reply.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation of the four-lane road in 2015.
The construction work had started in 2017.
