A NEW CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE OVER THE ZUARI RIVER IN THE STATE OF GOA, INDIA

摘要

THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF INDIA IN ITS SMALLEST STATE WILL SOON UNVEIL A MODERN ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACING THE EXISTING, DECAYING TWO-LANE CONCRETE BRIDGE SPANNING THE ZUARI RIVER ESTUARY. THE STATE OF GOA, A FORMER PORTUGUESE COLONY AND POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATION WITH A RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE, WAS INCORPORATED IN THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA FOURTEEN YEARS AFTER ITS INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH RULE. TOURISM AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES ARE THE MAIN SOURCES OF REVENUE FOR THE STATE, WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST PER CAPITA GDP IN INDIA AND SCORES WELL ON ALL DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS, YET LACKED A MODERN SOUTH-NORTH ROAD LINK.