Khokhra (Anupam) railway overbridge
Western Railway / AMC · Kankaria – Khokhra / Amraiwadi, near Anupam cinema (over the Ahmedabad–Mumbai main line) · 0.344 km
Road bridge over the Ahmedabad–Mumbai railway lines at Khokhra, near Kankaria. The roughly 55-year-old original lost a cantilevered footpath section in 2015, was later dismantled and replaced by a new 344 m bridge whose 92 m steel railway span was reported as the largest open-web girder on Western Railway.
Build history
Every construction, widening and repair we could source, newest first.
- Under constructionWork 4 of 4
Approach road surface repair (Anupam cinema side)
- Contractor
- Not on public record
- Contract awarded
- Not on record
- Work started
- Feb 2024
- Completion
- Not on record
- Contract value
- Not disclosed
Per The Live Ahmedabad (16 February 2024), the RCC surface of the approach towards Anupam cinema wore away about a year and a half after the bridge reopened, and repair work began after a local corporator raised it. Contractor and cost are not stated. That report is the last status found; completion of the repair has not been confirmed.
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Reconstruction (344 m bridge with 92 m open-web steel girder span)
- Contractor
- Not on public record
- Contract awarded
- Not on record
- Work started
- 2019
- Completed
- 9 Aug 2022
- Contract value
- ₹75 crore
- Age since completion
- 4 yr 2 mo
Rebuilding began in 2019, slipped during the Covid period, and the bridge was opened by the Chief Minister on 9 August 2022. DeshGujarat gives the cost as Rs 75 crore, The Live Ahmedabad as Rs 71 crore. The railway span weighs about 1,045 tonnes. Contractors for the railway span and the AMC approaches are not named in the sources that could be opened.
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Footpath collapse (3 October 2015), closure and dismantling
- Contractor
- Not on public record
- Contract awarded
- Not on record
- Work started
- 3 Oct 2015
- Completed
- Not on record
- Contract value
- Not disclosed
A cantilevered concrete footpath section fell onto the Ahmedabad–Mumbai tracks on 3 October 2015, injuring one person and delaying trains; the main steel structure stayed intact. The bridge was subsequently closed and a decision taken to dismantle and fully rebuild it; the dismantling date and contractor are not given in sources read.
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Original bridge (steel structure with cantilever concrete footpaths)
- Contractor
- Not on public record
- Contract awarded
- Not on record
- Work started
- Not on record
- Completed
- Not on record
- Contract value
- Not disclosed
No build record found. The bridge was described as about 55 years old in October 2015, which implies construction around 1960, and maintenance was reported to be the railway's responsibility rather than the municipal corporation's.
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Citizen reports
Anonymous photos and notes from people who use this stretch.
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