{"id":33412,"date":"2026-10-27T18:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/?p=33412"},"modified":"2026-10-27T18:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:36:03","slug":"sopore-bypass-bridge-repairs-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/2026\/10\/27\/sopore-bypass-bridge-repairs-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Sopore bypass bridge repairs underway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Reopening expected by Nov 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sopore, Oct 27:\u00a0<\/strong>Repair work on the vital Sopore bypass bridge is underway, with the key link expected to reopen by November 1. Its closure, however, continues to strain the town&#8217;s road network, causing traffic congestion and inconvenience to commuters and transporters.<\/p>\n<p>The bridge, which connects Kupwara with Srinagar and serves as an important route to Asia&#8217;s second-largest fruit mandi, has remained closed since October 22 for repairs.<\/p>\n<p>According to details available, the closure has diverted traffic through Sopore town, leading to frequent bottlenecks on major roads.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have put traffic management measures in place, including barricades, diversions, advisories and the deployment of Traffic Police, civil police and Municipal Council personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are regulating vehicular movement at key junctions to ease congestion.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the repair work came under scrutiny after a video allegedly showing the use of substandard material on the bridge surfaced on social media. Following the incident, the administration ordered the immediate replacement of the material.<\/p>\n<p>The work is being closely monitored, with Deputy Commissioner Baramulla, the Senior Superintendent of Police and other officials conducting regular inspections to review progress and assess traffic management arrangements.<\/p>\n<p>Commuters have been advised to follow designated diversion routes and cooperate with traffic personnel during the repair period<strong>\u2014(KNO)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reopening expected by Nov 1 Sopore, Oct 27:\u00a0Repair work on the vital Sopore bypass bridge is underway, with the key link expected to reopen by November 1. Its closure, however, continues to strain the town&#8217;s road network, causing traffic congestion and inconvenience to commuters and transporters. The bridge, which connects Kupwara with Srinagar and serves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33414,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33412\/revisions\/33414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmirthunder.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}