The 14.5-km bridge on the Patna Ring Road will link Patna and Saran and cut travel by about 30 km.
The Road Construction Department has given administrative approval of about ₹4,250 crore for a six-lane, roughly 14.5-km Ganga crossing between Sherpur (Patna) and Dighwara (Saran), part of the Patna Ring Road.
It will give long-distance and freight traffic a route around central Patna, benefiting Hajipur, Chhapra, Siwan and Gopalganj, and is expected to shorten the journey by about 30 km.
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