Orugodawatta flyover costs Rs. 350 m

by Shirajiv SIRIMANE

Sri Lanka's first fully locally constructed Orugodawatte flyover will be opened next month. This would be the longest flyover in Sri Lanka with 630 metres in length and four lanes. The project was designed by Moratuwa University and is being supervised by the engineers of the Road Development Authority. The total cost of the project is Rs. 350 million. Project Consultant, T. Danthanarayane said that another unique feature of this is that 80 percent of raw material for the project was from Sri Lanka. "New technology conforming to international standards has been used. The bridge is expected to have a life-span of more than 120 years," he said.

For the first time two service road lanes too have been included to facilitate maintenance.

Three other flyovers are planned for Kohuwala, Dehiwela and Rajagiriya. Both Nugegoda and Kelaniya flyover were constructed using imported steel. Each project did cost more than Rs. 2.2 billion and took around four months to be completed. He said that the next flyovers could be constructed within span of nine months as the workforce have got used to flyover technology.