Union Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the Sigandur Bridge, India’s second-longest cable stayed bridge, on July 16, 2025, at Shivamogga district in Karnataka. This new bridge is 2.44 km long over the Sharavathi backwaters and will better connect road access between Sagara town and Sigandur, where the famous Chowdeshwari Temple is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Sigandur Bridge, at 16 meters wide, cost over \u20b9470 crores. The road connects Sagara with Marakutika, cutting down travel time, as well as better connecting the local villages and religious places. In the 1960s, local areas lost their road links when the Linganamakki dam was made. This bridge will restore that lifetime link that we had in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the inauguration, Nitin Gadkari named the bridge after Goddess Chowdeshwari Devi and mentioned it will greatly help the local people and pilgrims going to the temple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gadkari also noted, Karnataka’s total length of National Highways has gone from 6707 km in 2014 to 9424 km in 2025. The minister added that \u20b95 lakh crores in road works will be completed in Karnataka by the end of the government\u2019s term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the major projects include,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Belagavi-Hungund-Raichur corridor to be complete by 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. Hassan-Raichur highway by December 2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. Tumkuru-Shivamogga road completed by the end of this year<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Mysuru-Madakeri four lane road and Chitradurga-Shivamogga roads are to be completed by next year<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nationally, Gadkari has provided information on a few major highway projects, namely:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The Leh-Ladakh road via Zojila tunnel will open next year<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 The Surat-Chennai highway will be completed next year, which will pass through six states<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Cutting distance to Bengaluru by 280 km and to Chennai by 320 km<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway is to be completed in the next six months and will cut the duration from eight hours to two<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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