Odisha CM inaugurates longest Bridge Over Mahanadi

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Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Odisha's longest bridge over the Mahanadi river at Gopinathpur in Cuttack
T-Setu, built over the Mahanadi River in Cuttack district, is Odisha's longest bridge.
It's a 3.4-kilometer-long, 7.5-meter-wide bridge.
Gopinathpur in Badamba, Baideswar in Banki, and Singhanath Pitha in the middle of the Mahanadi River are connected by a bridge, which will cost Rs 111 crore in total.
On both sides of the T-Setu bridge, there is a footpath. It has a width of 1.5 meters.
T-Setu will help Cuttack and Khurda residents by cutting the distance between Badamba and Baideswar by 45 kilometers.
Five lakh individuals from adjacent communities would communicate thanks to the bridge.
It will also boost the area's agriculture, business, and tourism industries, and devotees visiting Baba Singhanath's Bali Makar Jatra in Badamba block will benefit from it.
T-construction Setu's is notable because the state government constructs a 3-kilometer fair-weather road (pedestrian track) on the Mahanadi River every year at the cost of Rs 14-Rs15 million to facilitate communication for worshippers. During the monsoon season, this road is swept away.
As a result, residents have been clamoring to construct this bridge for quite some time.
On 28 February 2014, the Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for T-setu. However, the building was delayed due to technical challenges and only began in 2018.