On record
This 97-year-old bridge connecting Lower Parel's mill district over railway tracks was abruptly shut to all traffic on July 24, 2018, days after a portion of Andheri's Gokhale Bridge collapsed triggered a citywide review of aging bridges; an IIT-Bombay inspection found its steel girders, pillars and underframe severely corroded and unsafe. It was fully demolished by mid-February 2019 and replaced.
The official record states: "Following the Gokhale Bridge collapse, IIT-Bombay's structural inspection declared the bridge unsafe for public use due to severe corrosion, prompting full closure and eventual demolition rather than repair."
“Ninety-seven years of service, closed overnight because another bridge across town had fallen.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
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Visitor reviews Satire
“Ninety-seven years of carrying Lower Parel over the tracks, shut overnight because a bridge in Andheri fell first.”
“The IIT team found the girders and the underframe severely corroded, which took a collapse elsewhere to arrange.”
“Eighty-four crore for the replacement, and the mill district spent the interim finding out how far a detour can be.”
