Surat ( Metro Rail News): This week, MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. (MGCPL) achieved a milestone in the Mumbai – Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR Bullet Train) project by constructing a 210-meter-long balanced cantilever (CLC) bridge. The bridge is located southeast of Surat over NH-48.
PSC Bridge GAD-10 (Bullet Train)
This 4-span PSC bridge (GAD-10) over national highway NH-48 has a configuration of 40m + 65m + 65m + 40m. It is situated at chainage Km 235.379 in Sasodra village, Navsari District. This bridge falls between the Surat and Bilimora Bullet Train Stations.
The bridge featured 72 segments of varying height which were cast offsite and launched one at a time to ensure that traffic on the road could continue.
The construction of the bridge is part of package P1(B). In 2021, the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Ltd. (NHSRCL) of India awarded MGCPL the Rs. 549 crore Package P1(B) contract.
Under this contract, MGCPL is responsible for constructing 4 PSC (Prestressed Concrete) bridges and 7 steel truss bridges.
Bridges for the bullet train project
This cantilever bridge across NH-48 is the second one with box segments. At Amadpore village, 6.2 km away, is the first one for 260m GAD-11, which was finished in August 2024.
The whole MAHSR project consists of 5 PSC cantilever bridges. Three among them are:
- GAD-9 (over NH-09 in Valsad district)
- GAD-1441 ( Package P1(B)
- GAD- 33 (Package P1(C)
The package P1(B) consists of 11 bridges among which 2 PSC bridges and 2 open web girders have been completed.
| Bridge projects | Measure | Location | Type |
| GAD-1134 | 70 m,637 MT | over NH-53 in Surat | OWG |
| GAD-68 | 100m, 1464 MT | Bhilosa Switching Substation near Silvassa | OWG |
| GAD-11 | 260m | NH-48 at Amadpore | PSC |
| GAD-10 | NH-48 | NH-48 at Sasodara | PSC |
All the mentioned contracts have been constructed under MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. as the MAHSR project is under construction and estimated to be completed by 2026. All the updates can be fetched from our website.
