{{Short description|AIIMS-Digha elevated corridor road}} {{infobox road | country = IND | name = Digha AIIMS Elevated Road <br/> Patli Path | map = | map_notes = | cities = Patna, Bihar | alternate_name = | length_km = 12.47 | direction_a = North | direction_b = South | terminus_a = Digha, Patna | junction = | terminus_b = All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Phulwari Sharif | photo = Digha-AIIMS Elevated Road.jpg | photo_notes = View of the Digha-AIIMS Elevated Road from Patliputra Junction. Photo captured by Santosh Chaudhary. | maint = Government of Bihar }}
'''Patli Path''' (also known as '''AIIMS-Digha elevated corridor''') is an elevated road in Patna, the capital of Bihar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/cm-to-inaugurate-elevated-road-between-aiims-and-digha-today/articleshow/79479509.cms|title=Bihar CM to inaugurate elevated road between AIIMS and Digha today}}</ref> It was inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on 30 November 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/digha-aiims-elevated-road-big-relief-for-north-bihar-and-patna|title=Digha-AIIMS Elevated Road Opens: Big Relief For Patna, North Bihar}}</ref> At the time of inauguration of this elevated road, it was the longest elevated road of Bihar and seventh in India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/nitish-kumar-inaugurates-bihars-longest-elevated-road-corridor-in-patna/articleshow/79496618.cms|title=Nitish Kumar inaugurates Bihar's longest elevated road corridor in Patna}}</ref>
This 12.47 km-long elevated road connects J.P. Setu towards Phulwari Sharif and vice versa. Around 8.5 km of the road is elevated structure and the remaining 4 km stretch of road is semi-elevated. The first 2 km of the road from NH-98 near All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna is a two-lane semi-elevated structure. The Digha AIIMS Elevated Road road runs parallel to two-lane Digha Bridge Link Road, and it is built above Rupaspur canal (Digha- Danapur canal).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/digha-aiims-elevated-road-gets-dec-date/articleshow/64140632.cms|title=Digha-AIIMS elevated road gets December date}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/march-deadline-for-aiims-digha-highway/articleshow/73102251.cms|title=Patna: March deadline for AIIMS-Digha highway}}</ref> As part of this project, there was construction of a railway overbridge (ROB) at Khagaul.
==History== The foundation stone of AIIMS-Digha elevated corridor was laid on November 2, 2013, by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/nitish-kumar-inaugurates-bihars-longest-elevated-road-corridor-in-patna/articleshow/79496618.cms|title=Nitish Kumar inaugurates Bihar's longest elevated road corridor in Patna}}</ref> It is constructed at the cost of Rs 1,289.25 crore. The project is being executed by Gammon India Pvt Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/digha-aiims-semi-elevated-highway-to-be-ready-by-march/articleshow/62026612.cms|title=Digha-AIIMS semi-elevated highway to be ready by March}}</ref> In September 2013, Bihar State Road Development Corporation (BSRDC) awarded this project to Gammon India Pvt Ltd, which quoted the lowest bid of Rs Rs 717.14 crore.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/work-awarded-for-aiims-digha-elevated-road/articleshow/23013511.cms|title=Work awarded for AIIMS-Digha elevated road}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/on-the-basis-of-the-lowest-price-quote-the-ambitious-project-was-awarded-to-m/s-gammon-india-ltd-which-quoted-a-bid-of-rs-717-14-crore-/articleshow/23004423.cms|title=On the basis of the lowest price quote, the ambitious project was awarded to M/s Gammon India Ltd which quoted a bid of Rs 717.14 crore.}}</ref>
==See also== * Loknayak Ganga Path (Patna Marine Drive) * Ashok Rajpath * Digha Bridge Link Road * Atal Path, Patna
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Category:Roads in Bihar