The BMRCL’s plans to provide metro connectivity between Baiyappanahalli and Whitefield received a big boost on Friday with the placement of a 63.22-metre, 550-metric tonne steel Open Web Girder (OWG) across the railway line near Benniganahalli in eastern Bengaluru.
A girder is a support beam used in bridge construction. An OWG is usually used for building elevated railway tracks.
Namma Metro had to use the OWG because its 15.25-km Baiyappanahalli-Whitefield line passes above the Bengaluru-Salem railway track near Benniganahalli. It has constructed viaducts on the rest of the line and completed about 99% of the work.
