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The painting work, road furnitures, lighting arrangements, service roads and pier protection work were to be carried out separately. Once the bridge work is completed, it will benefit close to 2.10 lakh people in Srirangam and Thiruvanaikoil. Trichy: The much-awaited Periyar Nagar road over bridge (RoB) will be open for traffic by the first week of August, according to district collector K Rajamani who inspected the progress of the work on Wednesday. The approach road from Chennai side, Trichy side and Kallanai side were in progress which would be completed by July-end. Executed by the state highways department with a portion built by the railways, work began two years ago at an estimated cost of Rs 43crore..