A foot over bridge (FOB) will be built at the IT Park Crossing in Shastri Park, East Delhi, to help thousands of pedestrians cross the busy junction connecting Eastern Approach Road and Baba Shyam Giri Road, according to Public Works Department officials cited by Navbharat Times.
The proposed bridge is intended to improve pedestrian access and reduce the need for people to cross the road at surface level. The crossing is near the IT Park area and is used daily by large numbers of residents and other pedestrians. Local residents had been seeking an FOB at the location for a long time, the report said.
The location also has a religious footfall component. According to PWD officials, thousands of devotees travel to Shyam Giri Temple from GT Road and the IT Park Road in Shastri Park. The planned facility is therefore expected to provide a designated crossing for people moving between the roads and the temple area.
The FOB will be constructed using steel girders. Its proposed length is approximately 35 to 45 metres, while the walkway is expected to be about 3 to 5 metres wide. The bridge will stand around 5.5 to 6 metres above the road, according to the details reported by Navbharat Times.
The plan includes escalators as well as a ramp. These access features are significant for a facility intended to serve a broad range of users, including older pedestrians, people carrying goods and those who may not be able to use stairs. The report did not specify the number of escalators, the ramp length, the construction cost, the contractor or the completion deadline.
At present, pedestrians crossing the junction have to negotiate traffic moving through the road connection. A grade-separated crossing is designed to separate pedestrian movement from vehicles, potentially reducing conflict at the junction. However, the effectiveness of the facility will depend on how conveniently its approaches connect with the surrounding roads and pedestrian routes once it is built.
The planned Shastri Park FOB is part of a wider set of pedestrian infrastructure projects identified for East Delhi. Other locations mentioned in the report include Geeta Colony and Gandhi Nagar on the Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, Ramesh Park in Laxmi Nagar, Monastery Market near the Inter-State Bus Terminus, Bhajanpura and the area near Garhi Mendu on National Highway 709B.
A foot over bridge is an elevated structure built to allow pedestrians to cross a road or railway track without entering the traffic corridor. At busy urban junctions, such infrastructure is intended to improve safety and keep pedestrian movement away from vehicles. The next publicly reported milestones for the Shastri Park facility are the formal project details, construction arrangements and implementation timeline from the concerned authorities.
