Hyderabad will soon get its second-longest flyover, stretching over 4.048 kilometres on the Aramghar to Nehru Zoological Park route. Currently, the 11.6km PVNR Expressway is the longest flyover not just in the city, but also in the country.

On Wednesday, inspecting the progress of the flyover works, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar instructed officials to complete the construction before March next year.

The upcoming bi-directional six-lane flyover, which is being built under the State government’s ambitious Strategic Road Development Plan (SRDP) at an estimated cost of Rs 636.80 crore, is expected to be thrown open to the public by March 2023.

Once the facility is made available to people, traffic congestion at five major junctions is expected to be eased, GHMC officials said.

According to GHMC officials, the flyover will stand on 127 foundations and excavation at 23 places has been completed. This mammoth task of building the flyover spread over 4 km also requires the acquisition of 163 properties, out of which 26 properties have already been acquired.

At the same time, to ease the traffic in Old City, another six-lane bidirectional flyover at Bahadurpura junction will be made available to people by March this year. This flyover also is being built by the GHMC under SRDP at an estimated cost of Rs 69 crore. The 690 metre-flyover will ease the traffic on the Bahadurpura Road.