It is to prevent vehicles taller than 5.50 metres from crashing into the metro viaduct
A height gauge will be erected on either end of the six-lane flyover at Vyttila, to prevent vehicles taller than 5.50 metres from entering the structure.
This will be put up at the entries to the flyover from Palarivattom and Aroor sides, as insisted by metro agencies, to prevent vehicles taller than 5.50 metres from crashing into the metro viaduct that towers over the flyover. This height restriction is the norm across India, while it is lower than 5 metres in most of the developed world where vehicles, including goods carriers, adhere to height restrictions, official sources said.
A few people had expressed concern over vehicles registered outside Kerala, with illegally altered length, width, and height entering the flyover, posing danger to fellow motorists and the metro viaduct that hovers…