Kovvuru bridge view point — Attraction in Andhra Pradesh

The Government of Andhra Pradesh through APRDC has ratified the new corridor between East and West Godavari district. The corridor will start at Km 81/349 of Eluru-Gundugolanu on Kovvur side (West Godavari side) and it will end at NH-5 at Km 903/337 Rajahmundry side. The proposed corridor has total length 14.488 km. It comprises of a completely new alignment which consists two parallel major bridges (4.088 km long & 2 lane each) over river Godavari. The approach road to the bridge on west Godavari side(Kovvur Side) is about 1.968 km in length, while that on east Godavari side(Rajahmundry side) is 8.432 Km in length. With the construction of this new corridor on upstream side of existing rail-cum-road bridge, total distance from Eluru to Rajahmundry will be reduced by 40 Km. The maximum traffic plying on the NH-5 will get diverted on this new proposed road also vehicles will not have to enter the Rajahmundry city which will reduce the traffic problem of city. This is a long span bridge but instead of using preferred well foundation for river bridges particularly in Indian sub-continent, it adopts the large size pile foundation for faster construction. Also changing the initial proposal of 'I' beams to segmental box girder has reduced the time of construction as well as concrete quantity thus saving cost. This paper emphasizes on design as well asconstruction issues for building Second...

The bridge is 2.7 kilometers long consisting of 27 spans of 91.4 m and 7 spans of 45.72 m of which 6 spans of 45.72m are in 6 deg. curve at long Rajahmundry end to make up for the built up area. The bridge has a road deck over the single track rail deck.This view point gives great view of River Godavari. You can see the railway Bridge from here with a pleased sunset and enjoy the time alone peacefully.. should be more...

The Pushkar Ghat is where the temple of Kotilingam is situated. Kotilingala Revu is on the banks of the river Godavari in the town of Rajahmundry. About 6 Km from the centre of the city. It is said that a total of 1 crore Sivalingas were to be installed on the reve (Telugu meaning -banks ) by...