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Karnataka鈥檚 longest cable-stayed road bridge, spanning the Sharavathi backwaters between Ambaragodlu and Tumari in Sagar taluk, has passed its final load test. Engineers parked eighteen m-sand tippers on the 2.44-kilometre deck, steadily raising the static load from 25鈥唗onnes to 100鈥唗onnes. Instruments recorded a maximum deflection of 22鈥唌m鈥攃omfortably below the 38鈥唌m tolerance鈥攃onfirming a design life of at least one hundred years.Testing covered both the four-span extra-dosed section and the conventional approach spans, with National Highways Authority of India officials in attendance. More than 99鈥唒er cent of construction is complete; only final painting remains and the inauguration will follow the monsoon.Costing about Rs 4.23 billion, the bridge鈥攚hose foundation stone was laid in February 2018鈥攚ill end decades of reliance on ferry launches. Commuters from Tumari and pilgrims bound for Sigandur Chowdeshwari Temple will avoid the 80-kilometre detour via Sagar, while journeys between Kollur and Sagar will also be sharply reduced.