New Delhi, Sept. 7 -- The National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has successfully launched the first full span Pre-Stressed Concrete (PSC) Box Girder of 40 meters length through the full span launching gantry (FSLG) in the Maharashtra section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train corridor, at Sakhare Village, Dahanu (Maharashtra) this week.

The Maharashtra section of the Bullet Train corridor is 156 km long which includes 135 km of elevated alignment from Shilphata till Zaroli village (MH-GJ border), 103 km of this elevated section commonly known as viaduct is planned to be constructed through 2,575 Full span girders (40 meters long weighting approx. 970 metric tonnes).

Other structures being 17 km through Segmental girder...