Somewhere in Nashik....

The second longest Elevated Corridor in Maharashtra, the third in India was inaugurated in Nashik by union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar in the chief presence of chief minister Maharashtra Prithviraj Chavan, union minister of state for surface transport Dr Tushar Choudhary, Maharashtra revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat, PWD minister and guardian minister for Nashik Chaggan Bhujbal, MP Supriya Sule and MP Sameer Bhujbal on Friday June 14, 2013. The inauguration of the work of widening of NH 30 – six lane, 5.5 kms road from Dwarka point to Data Mandir Chowk in the city and 25.31 Kms stretch from Nashik to Sinnar was also inaugurated.
The 6.1 kms flyover on the NH 3 shortening the time distance between Mumbai and Nashik is termed as the Nashik’s flyover to progress.
The inauguration of the flyover was done at the spot by unveiling the plaque and the programme there after followed at Dadasaheb Gaikwad hall.
Speaking on the occasion, union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar termed this day of inauguration of the flyover as important in the history of Nashik. He recollected his visit to the city by road from Mumbai when he was stranded in traffic on the highway and had to walk a few kilometres.
Chief Minister Pritiviraj Chavan in his address applauded the support of National Highway Authority of India given to Maharashtra. He termed Nashik as an important city not only in Maharashtra but in the country which is on the way to development and progress.
In his address union Minister of state for surface transport Dr Tushar Choudhary said that the government of India intends to build good roads all over but when good roads are built people express reluctance to pay toll. Good roads will need public support, he stated. He also announced widening of Nashik – Peth – Surat to be handed over to NHAI and make a highway from Nashik to Gujarat.  

The Pimpalgaon-Nasik-Gonde road project serves with a 6.1 kms long elevated corridor, seven flyovers, two major bridges, six vehicular under passes, six pedestrian under passes and a subway. The flyover passing through Nashik city at Pathardi is India’s longest integrated flyover.
The Elevated Corridor starting from Indira nagar jogging track runs for 6.1 kms till KK Wagh Institute of Technology. It has an up and down ramp at Dwaraka and Aurangabad Naka junction. The Elevated Corridor in Nashik is India’s first externally strutted segmental box girder.
The Pimpalgaon - Nashik – Gonde road project is a six lane, 60 kms route built at a cost of Rs 940 crores. The 6.1 kms Elevated Corridor is the second longest flyover in Maharashtra. (The longest flyover – the Mumbai Eastern Freeway, was inaugurated in Mumbai on June 13, 2013, a day before the Nashik elevated corridor). The Nashik flyover stands on 172 pillars with 12 segments each. It is made up of 2064 segments. The strutted segmental technique was first used for a bridge in Bangkok. The Elevated Corridor in Nashik is the second of its kind in Asia and first in India. The design of the flyover and its technique strengths it to bear heavy load capacity and increases its life upto 100 years. It has been categorised as ‘A Class’ loading design.
The Elevated Corridor also gives the city 12 lane road for traffic passing through the city. The flyover from Mumbai Naka to Adgaon is four lane, it has four lane grade road on both the sides and below this is the four lane service road.
Four flyovers are in the Nashik Municipal corporation limit and two are outside it.There are 8 underpass beneath these flyovers that will facilitate city traffic movement. Apart from these flyovers it has two major bridges and 11 small bridges and a subway. There are 34 bus bays and 4 Truck lay byes.
The project has been delayed by about a year and some underpass are yet under construction.