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Thane Flyover Shut After Cracks Surface Just One Year Later
A flyover in Thane has been closed because cracks were seen on it.
Videos of the cracks spread online.
The flyover had opened a little more than one year earlier.
Officials visited the flyover to check the problem.
They agreed that repairs were needed.
The flyover will stay closed while inspections and repairs take place.
It is on Ghodbundar Road and was built for heavy traffic.
The structure has two lanes and an underpass.
The Kasarwadavali flyover in Thane was shut indefinitely for inspections and repairs.
The closure began on Wednesday, September 16, after videos showing cracks circulated online.
The flyover is located on Ghodbundar Road and was built to handle heavy vehicle traffic.
Officials found during an inspection that the infrastructure required repairs.
The flyover includes a two-lane, 7.5-metre-wide structure and an underpass designed for a capacity of 73,333 passenger cars.
- Who
- Thane Traffic Police and other officials are overseeing the closure, inspections and repairs.
- What
- The Kasarwadavali flyover has been shut indefinitely after cracks were found along its sides and near what appeared to be an expansion joint and the base.
- Where
- The flyover is on Ghodbundar Road in Thane.
- When
- The closure began on Wednesday, September 16, just over a year after the flyover opened.
- Why
- It was closed for inspections and repairs after videos showing cracks circulated and officials found that the infrastructure needed repairs.
Key facts
- Flyover
- Kasarwadavali flyover
- Location
- Ghodbundar Road, Thane
- Status
- Shut indefinitely
- Closure date
- Wednesday, September 16
- Reason
- Inspections and repairs after cracks were found
- Structure
- Two lanes, 7.5 metres wide, with an underpass
- Stated capacity
- 73,333 passenger cars
Sources
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