I still remember the sign board BDA had put up onsite when construction began on Marathahhali bridge (here). Start 30-4-2006, finish 30-7-2006. Were they kidding - 3 months, thats it? Anyway. dates moved, fast forward to January 2008, and the word going around is that we may get the full six lane bridge done in a few weeks.
Dont think your ride to and back from Whitefield will get a lot smoother though. Main reason - the chaotic Marathahalli bus stand area. Instead of waiting before the bridge, you would be stuck waiting on the bridge now. that is because 1) six lanes on the bridge would merge into four, and 2) right when that merge happens, you would invariably have a BMTC bus picking up passengers.
But, there seems to be a plan for managing traffic coming out of those apartment complexes. As you can sort of see in the pictures, there is a road running parallel to the rail track that goes under the new bridge. From this road, you have two service roads (one on either side of the elevated six lane road) to drive east and come to the foot of the bridge. So, they could make the apartment traffic take U-turns under the bridge so that no one cuts across the Airport-Varthur road traffic. Lets see. We know dividers can be moved as well as breached by public will :)
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traffic plan
U-turn under the bridge
bridge status..
Pics are a bit old
still would take a few months..
Any updates
Ajay
oh yes, almost done!
Bridge surface done