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This octagonal-section twin-arch reinforced concrete pedestrian foot-bridge spans 65m across the Sion-Panvel Expressway, near Juinagar Railway Station. The horizontal crossing over the highway is not a true tie for the arches, which span between abutments.

Short flights of steps near the start of each ramp, and climbing up the arch profile on either side of the horizontal, are intended to discourage motor-cyclists from riding over the ramps and the bridge. Construction was cast in-situ, with the exception of the horizontal deck slabs, which were precast.

The inverted octagonal-section edge beams on either side of the access ramps eliminate the need for a separate railing.

The cross-sections of the arch members and the inverted ramp beams are identical.

For this bridge, SPA received the Most Outstanding Bridge National Award (Aesthetics), Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers, 1997.