The Tamil Nadu Highways Department has launched a major widening project at the Padi Rail Overbridge (ROB) on Jawaharlal Nehru Salai in Chennai, a key stretch of the city’s Inner Ring Road, to ease congestion along the busy corridor.
The project will expand the existing three-lane Padi rail overbridge into a dual five-lane structure and widen the narrow approach road to reduce peak hour congestion.
Highways Chief Engineer Jawahar Muthuraj said road work and girder placement within the department’s land will be handled by the highways department, while the section above the railway tracks will be constructed by Southern Railway using girders sourced from Arakkonam.
The project is expected to be completed by April. Once completed, the bridge width will increase from 27 metres to 53 metres, with footpaths on both sides.
