Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the iconic ‘Atal Bridge’ on the Sabarmati river in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city on Saturday.
Prime Minister Modi embarked on his two-day visit to Gujarat on Saturday. On the first day of his visit, the prime minister addressed a gathering at the ‘Khadi Utsav’ programme held on Sabarmati Riverfront in the evening. From the same venue, the prime minister inaugurated the foot over bridge.
A day before the inauguration, PM Modi took to Twitter and shared pictures of the bridge. “Doesn’t the Atal Bridge look spectacular!” he wrote. “An exemplary landmark of the Sabarmati Riverfront!” he said in another tweet while sharing a video of the bridge.
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Here are the key things to know about ‘Atal Bridge :
Here are the key things to know about ‘Atal Bridge :
- The pedestrian-only ‘Atal Bridge’ is a foot-over bridge (FOB) on the Sabarmati river, constructed between Ellis Bridge and Sardar Bridge.
- This iconic bridge, with an eye-catching design and LED lighting, is nearly 300 meters long and 14 meters wide in the middle.
- The bridge has been built using 2,600 metric tonnes of steel pipes.
- The roof of the bridge is made up of colourful fabric and the railing has been built with glass and stainless steel.
- The FOB connects the flower garden on the western-end of the riverfront and the upcoming arts and culture centre on the eastern-end.
- Apart from pedestrians, cyclists can also use this bridge to cross the river while avoiding traffic.
- It will allow people to view the riverfront from the middle of the waterbody.
- The bridge is designed in such a way that people can approach it from both lower and upper walkways, or promenades of the riverfront.
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