Delhi Metro to construct bridge over Yamuna for new line

The DMRC has started constructing a bridge over the Yamuna on its upcoming Majlis Park-Maujpur corridor, in what will be the Metro’s fifth leap over the river.

The new 560-metre-long bridge, part of Metro’s Phase IV expansion project, will come up between the iconic Signature Bridge and Wazirabad Bridge. It will connect the proposed Soorghat and Sonia Vihar stations.

“This will be the first ever Metro bridge over Yamuna to be built using the cantilever construction method, under which horizontal structures stretch out from pillars that are supported only on one end. The Signature Bridge was also built following this method. It will make the bridge look better,” a DMRC official said.