Sudarshan Setu

The Sudarshan Setu is a cable-stayed bridge in India, connecting the Beyt Dwarka island in the Gulf of Kutch and Okha. The total length of the bridge is 2320 m. It was inaugurated on 25 February 2024.

History
Approval for the construction of the bridge was given by Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari in 2016. Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka on 7 October 2017. It was constructed at the cost of inr 9790000000. The bridge serves about 8500 people living on the island as well as about two million pilgrims visiting the temples there. It was inaugurated on 25 February 2024 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Architectural features
Sudarshan Setu is a cable-stayed bridge, with cables in a fan arrangement, built using concrete pylons. The deck is made of composite steel-reinforced concrete with two carriageways. The total width of the bridge is 27.2 m, with two lanes in each direction and a 2.5 m-wide footpath on each side. The solar panels atop footpath shade have capacity of 1 MW.

With a total length of 2320 m, the cable bridge has a 900 m long central cable section, making it the longest cable stayed bridge in India. It has three spans with 500 metre-long main span, the longest in India. The other 3 spans on either sides have length of 100 metre and 2 span 50m each. The approaches bridge on Okha and Beyt Dwarka sides have length of 770 metre and 650 metre respectively. Two A-shaped curved pylons supporting the bridge are 129.985 metre tall and radius of 300m leaning in backspan up to 22m from center of pylon. The total length of the road is 2.8 km.