Nagpur Metro Phase 2 has reached a technically demanding construction milestone with work under way on a 257-metre elevated bridge at Uppalwadi, nearly 80 feet above the ground and railway tracks. The structure will cross three railway lines on the Kamptee route and is being built without scaffolding beneath the bridge.
The bridge is part of Reach-2A, a 6.92-km corridor connecting the existing Phase-I endpoint to Lekha Nagar near Asha Hospital. The stretch is the longest corridor planned under Nagpur Metro’s Phase-II expansion, according to the report.
Maha Metro is using the balanced cantilever technique, also referred to in the report as the CLC technique, to construct the bridge section by section. The method allows construction to proceed above the railway corridor without erecting temporary scaffolding across the tracks or placing support structures on the ground below.
The Uppalwadi structure will pass over the Godhani-Kalamna, Chhindwara-Nagpur and Khaparkheda railway lines. These lines fall under the South East Central Railway, making the crossing a complex interface between metro construction and an active railway network.
Building an elevated metro viaduct above operational railway infrastructure requires the worksite to be managed within a narrow vertical and horizontal space. The absence of scaffolding beneath the bridge is particularly relevant at a location where ground-level supports could interfere with train operations, railway assets and access around the tracks.
The project also illustrates how expansion corridors are being integrated with existing transport infrastructure rather than built on undeveloped alignments. In this case, the metro’s elevated alignment must cross a railway zone while maintaining the continuity of the planned corridor towards Kamptee.
The bridge’s 257-metre length and height above the tracks make it one of the most technically demanding components described for Nagpur Metro Phase II. The balanced cantilever approach is designed to enable the superstructure to advance progressively from supported sections, reducing the need for conventional ground-based staging beneath the span.
Reach-2A is one element of Nagpur Metro’s wider Phase-II expansion. The current report does not specify the bridge’s completion date, the number of spans, the construction cost or the opening schedule for the 6.92-km corridor. Those milestones will determine when the new section can begin serving passengers.
For residents travelling towards Kamptee and communities around the planned alignment, the corridor’s eventual operation will depend on the completion of the elevated structures, stations, systems and associated works. The immediate construction milestone remains the execution of the railway crossing while the railway lines continue to function below it.
