Motorists unhappy with potholes and uneven surface on new SG Highway overbridge

Motorists are expressing dissatisfaction over the uneven and rough surface of the recently opened elevated corridor between Iscon and Sanand Chowkdi on the SG Highway in Ahmedabad, according to a report by DeshGujarat. While people are praising the route for reducing travel time and easing traffic problems on one of the city's busiest roads, many others have raised questions about the quality of this newly constructed path.

This six-lane corridor is approximately 4.03 km long, stretching from Iscon Junction to the Sanand flyover and passing over Karnavati Club, Prahladnagar, and YMCA Junction. The project was inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on November 9 and was opened for traffic on the same day. Constructed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways at a cost of ₹464 crore, the main objective of this corridor is to provide a signal-free route, reduce travel time, and decrease the traffic load on one of Ahmedabad's busiest roads.

Users on social media have described the road surface as patchy and not smooth at all. Motorist Akshay Desai wrote on social media that there are many rough patches and overall 90 percent of the section is not smooth. The car keeps vibrating. It is difficult to trust such a bridge built at a cost of over ₹500 crore, and approximately ₹100 crore per kilometer. The older sections before this are extremely smooth, like velvet.

Another user, Paritosh Bhatte, stated on the matter, "I agree, I travelled on it just two days ago. It feels like this is some scrapped road. I think they forgot to put the top surface." A third commenter wrote in Hindi in clearer terms that they had never seen such a poor new road surface to date.

Another user, Happy, wrote that the look and feel of a newly constructed road should actually be new, not like this. It is hard to believe that this road passed and payment was made without any proper inspection. How does this approval process actually work?

After a late-night drive, X user Pritesh Lakhani expressed several concerns regarding the corridor in a detailed post, including its limited exit options and the condition of the road.

A user who went for a late-night drive to inspect the new YMCA bridge stated that the journey turned out to be a 7 km long drive to reach the next exit at Rajpath Club. It took about 3 years to build this bridge. Everyone who commutes on this road knows the pain of peak-hour traffic. After waiting this long, I feel the contractors have fooled everyone.

He further added that this is apparently the last missing link for a signal-free drive from Sarkhej to Gandhinagar. What they forgot to mention is that there is no exit for 7 km. This bridge is barely 3 days old and already has more patches than half the roads in Ahmedabad.

Only the starting and ending sections look somewhat good, which were perhaps prepared only for the inauguration. The rest of the entire part is completely haphazard. At least the AMC should put up a board stating that the next exit is 7 km away. They have succeeded in building a 7 km bridge without any exit; now they just need to figure out how to build a good road on it.