Hyderabad, Dec. 21 -- The Andhra Pradesh government has sought the Central assistance for the construction of a six-lane iconic bridge across Krishna River connecting Vijayawada-Hyderabad national highway (NH-65) with Chennai-Kolkata national highway (NH-16) through Amaravati, the state capital region.

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu put forth the proposal before Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari during his meeting in New Delhi on Friday, the chief minister's office said in a statement.

CM Naidu explained to Gadkari that Amaravati, emerging as a greenfield capital city, requires direct and indirect integration with the national highway grid to support long-term growth, mobility, logistics eff...