136-years-old British era bridge to be demolished

November 14, 2015 04:12

The 136-years-old Hancock Bridge, one of the city's oldest bridges from the British era, is all set to be demolished.

The Central Railway (CR) with the help of traffic police and the city municipal authorities, will start the task of dismantling the road over-bridge, near Sandhurst Road railway station, which currently connects Mazgaon and Umerkhadi, from November 18.

Currently, due to the height of the bridge, trains run at a restricted speed under the bridge. But once this old structure is pulled down and a new bridge is constructed in its place, the speed of local trains will increase, railway officials said.

"Hancock road over bridge between Sandhurst Road and Byculla stations will remain closed for road and pedestrian traffic with effect from November 18 in view of work being undertaken for dismantling of the bridge," a CR statement said.

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