The Peenya flyover will not reopen to heavy vehicles before April 2024, as the work to install prestressed cables that will make the structure durable is taking longer than expected.
The 15-metre-wide flyover is located on the arterial Tumakuru Road in northern Bengaluru. It starts at Peenya and ends at Nagasandra, spanning 4.2 km.
The flyover was shut for traffic in December 2021 after prestressed cables in three spans (distance between two pillars) gave way due to corrosion.
In February 2022, authorities allowed light motor vehicles onto the flyover, but heavy vehicles, such as buses and trucks, still cannot use it. As a result, Tumakuru Road sees severe traffic jams on a daily basis.
