Narrow bridges on Nepalgunj-Gulariya Postal Highway to be expanded to four lanes

Banke. The narrow bridges along the Nepalgunj-Gulariya Postal Highway are set to be expanded to four lanes. As the existing bridges only accommodate two lanes, they are being upgraded to match the four-lane road expansion.

Lila Bahadur Bhandari, Chief of the Postal Highway Directorate Project Office in Nepalgunj, stated that the construction of four-lane bridges will significantly improve traffic flow.

Construction has commenced on four-lane bridges at Kiran Nala, located on the border of Khajura and Janaki Rural Municipalities in Banke, and at Chapala Nala in Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality, Bardiya.

The project at Kiran Nala is being executed at a cost of approximately 45 million rupees, with foundation work currently underway. Since the existing two-lane bridge, built only a few years ago, is too narrow, a second two-lane bridge is being constructed alongside it.

The old two-lane bridge will remain, while the new structure will add two additional lanes. Project Chief Bhandari noted that work is progressing with the goal of completing the construction by the upcoming month of Ashar.

Similarly, the bridge at Chapala Nala in Bardiya's Badhaiyatal Rural Municipality will also be upgraded to four lanes. Meanwhile, the four-lane bridge at Pedari Nala in Khajura Rural Municipality-3, part of the same highway, has already been completed ahead of schedule.