Few months back newly built flyover on Solapur road, at Mega center and Sahyadri Hospital corner (see location in map below) was opened for public.
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There is a crossing of vehicle paths on the flyover. Very strange, because common sense tells that flyover should have vehicles passing without having to stop (for signal, pedestrians crossings etc) for any other vehicle.
Note: Above picture stitched image created using 2 different photos taken from top of nearby building. An object was blocking the middle portion of flyover, so I had to remove it and re-create flyover using photo editing.
You can easily see in above picture that vehicles have to be very careful or else collision can easily occur. Also vehicle must slow down and if required stop. As of now, there is traffic signal on the flyover. Are they (Pune Municipal Corporation) going to install one? don't know.
Some unanswered questions:
Q. If this flyover design safe? Is crossing on flyover a good idea?
Q. If NOT, they who approved this design?
Q. Is it worth Crores of rupees (people's money) spent on building it? what benefits does it provide?
Q. If it is flawed design, wow can we avoid this in future.
Q. Would it be some kind of world record if traffic signal is installed on a flyover?
Any ideas?
Note: If you are civil engineering teacher/student, please feel free to use this post and photo for classroom discussion.
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There is a crossing of vehicle paths on the flyover. Very strange, because common sense tells that flyover should have vehicles passing without having to stop (for signal, pedestrians crossings etc) for any other vehicle.
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| Is this flyover design correct? |
You can easily see in above picture that vehicles have to be very careful or else collision can easily occur. Also vehicle must slow down and if required stop. As of now, there is traffic signal on the flyover. Are they (Pune Municipal Corporation) going to install one? don't know.
Some unanswered questions:
Q. If this flyover design safe? Is crossing on flyover a good idea?
Q. If NOT, they who approved this design?
Q. Is it worth Crores of rupees (people's money) spent on building it? what benefits does it provide?
Q. If it is flawed design, wow can we avoid this in future.
Q. Would it be some kind of world record if traffic signal is installed on a flyover?
Any ideas?
Note: If you are civil engineering teacher/student, please feel free to use this post and photo for classroom discussion.
