Second steel girder launched at Rawatpur, 400 U-Girders erected for Kanpur Metro so far

Kanpur, India (Urban Transport News): The 8.728 kilometres long elevated Priority Corridor between IIT Kanpur and Motijheel is being constructed under the Kanpur Metro Rail Project. The workers of Afcons Infrastructure Ltd has launched a second steel girder at Rawatpur last night.

In this span, the first ‘Steel Box Girder’ was placed on March 27, 2021. These girders are of 45m length, assembled near the location and erected by cranes in the night on the busy crossing.

On this occasion, Managing Director, UPMRC, Kumar Keshav said, “In view of heavy traffic at Rawatpur, it was planned that no Piers should come in the middle of Rawatpur Tiraha and due to this the distance between the two Pillars was increased up to 45 meters in this section. This is the reason that in this span two specially designed light weighted ‘Steel Box Girders’ have been placed instead of U or I-girder. UPMRC always strives to ensure that the Metro Corridor is planned and is executed in such a way that traffic movement doesn't get affected.”

It is also to be mentioned that in view of heavy traffic at Rawatpur, the Metro engineers decided to increase the distance between the two Pillars to 45 meters at this crossing so that vehicle movement in the area remains smooth. Due to the considerable distance between the two Pillars at the said location, it wasn’t feasible to have the arrangement of U-girders or I-girders there so UPMRC’s engineers had planned to place ‘Steel Box Girders’, which was accomplished last night.

Three locations have been identified between IIT and Naubasta (Corridor-1), where Steel Girders are to be laid. The first Steel Span has been placed near Rawatpur, the second will be erected at Sisamau Nala and the third one near Vasant Vihar.

On April 17, 2021, the Afcons team has completed the launch of their 400th U-girder for constructing the priority corridor of Kanpur Metro between IIT Kanpur and Motijheel.