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PM Modi will inaugurate Atal Bridge All about the famous bridge over the Sabarmati river

August 27, 2022
Bharat Times

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the iconic ‘Atal Bridge’ over the Sabarmati river in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city on Saturday.

PM Modi will begin his two-day visit to Gujarat on Saturday. A state government release said that on the first day of his visit, PM Modi will address a gathering at the ‘Khadi Utsav’ event to be held on the Sabarmati riverfront in the evening.

“From the same place, the Prime Minister will inaugurate the foot over bridge constructed by Amdavad Municipal Corporation and named after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,” the statement said.

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A day before the inauguration, PM Modi shared pictures of the bridge on Twitter. “Doesn’t Atal Bridge look spectacular!” He has written.

“An exemplary landmark of the Sabarmati Riverfront!” Sharing a video of the bridge, he said in another tweet.

Everything you wanted to know about ‘Atal Bridge’

The pedestrian-only ‘Atal Bridge’ is a foot-over bridge over the Sabarmati River, built between Ellis Bridge and Sardar Bridge.

This iconic bridge with an attractive design and LED lighting is about 300 meters long and 14 meters wide in the middle.

This bridge is made from 2,600 metric tons of steel pipe.

The roof of the bridge is made of colored cloth and the railing is made of glass and stainless steel.

The food-over bridge connects the flower garden at the western end of the river and the visiting arts and culture center at the eastern end.

Apart from pedestrians, cyclists can also use this bridge to cross the river while avoiding traffic.

This will allow people to see the riverfront from the middle of the reservoir.

The bridge has been designed in such a way that people can approach it from both the lower and upper reaches or from the resorts of the riverfront.

(with agency input)

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