TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The Signature Bridge over the Yamuna inaugurated at a function on Sunday is double the height of Qutub Minar and has been delayed for over 14 years. The new landmark connects Wazirabad across the river Yamuna to the inner city and will reduce the travel time between north and northeast Delhi.
Inaugurating the bridge with a 154 metre pylon, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia said that it will be a centre of attraction among local and international tourists who come to Delhi to visit historical monuments and buildings like India Gate and Qutub Minar.
The bridge will be a big relief to a huge number of commuters who were earlier stuck up in long traffic jams over a narrow bridge in Wazirabad area. The Western and Eastern approaches to the bridge will connect the nearby areas like Timarpur, Nehru Vihar, Wazirabad, Aruna Nagar, Mukherjee Nagar on Ring Road to Bhajanpura on Mangal Pandey Marg.
The bridge will reduce the commuting time between the northeast areas and the inner city from 45 minutes to just 10 minutes, curbing pollution and saving fuel, a government statement said.
