A foot overbridge (FOB) will be built at IT Park Crossing in Shastri Park, East Delhi, to help thousands of pedestrians cross a busy junction connecting Eastern Approach Road and Baba Shyam Giri Road, according to Public Works Department officials cited by Navbharat Times.
The proposed East Delhi FOB is intended to address a long-standing demand from local residents who currently cross the road near the IT Park. The crossing is used daily by thousands of people, making pedestrian movement a key concern at the junction.
The location also sees movement of devotees travelling to Shyam Giri Temple from GT Road and the IT Park Road in Shastri Park. Officials said the facility is being planned to make it easier for local residents and other pedestrians to cross the road safely.
The bridge is expected to be built using steel girders. Its length will be approximately 35 to 45 metres, while the walkway will be around 3 to 5 metres wide. The structure will be positioned approximately 5.5 to 6 metres above the road, according to the details reported by Navbharat Times.
The planned facility will include escalators and a ramp. These features are intended to provide access beyond a staircase-only crossing, although the report does not specify the number of escalators, the ramp design, the construction cost, the implementing agency’s tender schedule or the expected completion date.
The project forms part of a wider expansion of pedestrian crossing infrastructure in East Delhi. Other locations identified 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 and Ladakh Budh Vihar, and Bhajanpura near Garhi Mendu on National Highway 709B.
An FOB is an elevated pedestrian bridge designed to allow people to cross roads or railway tracks without entering the traffic carriageway. Such structures are generally used on heavily trafficked routes to separate pedestrian movement from vehicles and reduce the risk of road crashes. The Shastri Park facility is specifically being planned at a crossing where pedestrian demand and religious footfall are both significant.
The next publicly reported steps are the construction planning and implementation of the proposed structure by the relevant Delhi PWD authorities. The available details do not yet establish a tender deadline, construction start date or opening timeline.
