Chennai Metro completes work on 4.32-km elevated viaduct.

The Chennai Metro Rail’s elevated corridor viaduct between Saidapet ramp and the airport has been completed.

The 4.32-km viaduct starts from the Officers Training Academy and ends at the Chennai airport with two station buildings at Meenambakkam and the airport. The viaduct includes 1.40 km cut and cover section.

The contract for this stretch was awarded to the Chennai-based URC Construction.

After CMRL commissioned the rail service between Koyambedu and Alandur, the construction activity with the lifting of the last segment of the viaduct between OTA and airport was over on January 14, says a press release from Chennai Metro Rail Ltd.

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