The first capital of Gujarat was Devbhumi Dwarka and at 30 km from Dwarka comes Bet Dwarka, which is also known as the sunken island and that’s why to connect this to the main city Dwarka.
A cable-stayed bridge is being built here which is the Okha-Bet Dwarka Signature Bridge and today we will discuss this bridge.
We all know that Dwarka is famous for the Dwarkadhish Temple which is dedicated to Lord Krishna.
And you might have heard about the “Chardham Yatra” and this temple is one of those four every year lots of visitors come from all over India and for them, one more attraction is Bet Dwarka.
Which is situated 30 km north of the main city of Dwarka which is connected through Okha.
let’s discuss why this Bet Dwarka is so famous.
as said in Puran, Bet Dwarka used to be the residence of and this island was given to him by his friend Sudama and that’s why this island was named Bet Dwarka.
That’s why Bet Dwarka is also famous for visitors to reach Bet Dwarka, there is only one route but every year this place getting full of crowds, union transport minister Nitin Gadkari gave approval for this, and in 2017 prime minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone after this bridge the connectivity between Dwarka and Bet Dwarka.
This not only solves the visitor’s problems but also will be helpful to locals talking about some technical details about this bridge the total length of this bridge is 2.320 km and it’s a cable-stayed bridge the 900 m center section of this bridge will only be the cable-stayed bridge and the deck will be made of composite steel reinforced.
27.2 m wide this bridge will have 2 carriageways and each carriageway will be 2 lane
means this will be a 4-lane bridge and a 1.2 m divider will be there between the two carriageways.
Also, there will be a 2.5 m footpath on both sides of the bridge the approach length at Okha side is 209 m and the Bet Dwarka side approach length is 1101 m the total project cost was estimated as Rs. 962.43 crores.
The company working here is S. P. Singla
known for these kinds of challenging jobs in India.