BMC begins demolition of 135-yr-old Hancock bridge

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The BMC begins the demolition work of the century-old Hancock bridge on Wednesday. (Express Photo by Prashant Nadkar)

THE Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started the demolition of the 135-year-old Hancock railway overbridge Wednesday. The bridge between Byculla and Dadar is one of the oldest railway over bridges in the city. The demolition is likely to be complete by November 27.

“BMC officials will first remove the tar from the road. The work has just started and the bridge is closed. After they complete the dismantling work, the Central Railway construction team will take over,” said a senior official from the Central Railway. The construction team has already submitted the demolition plan to the BMC.

“After that, the CR would start the actual demolition and we would take a megablock of more than 24 hours in the second week of December,” he added.

The demolition work will badly affect motorists as this would cause several diversions that are likely to clog up bridges like P D’mello Road, S V P Road and the Eastern Freeway.

Traffic diversions

* The diversions have already been planned by the traffic police. According to a circular published by DCP (Traffic) Anil Kumbhare, motorists coming from Mazgaon towards Noorbaug Junction would be diverted to J J Road via Nesbit Roard and further towards Noorbaug Junction via J J Junction.

* Vehicles would be allowed to move through Kaklij Chowk via Jinabhai Mulji Rathod Marg to P D’mello Raod to Wadibunder Junction- S V P Road and proceed towards Noorbaug Junction. All the traffic coming from Noorbaug Junction towards Mazgaon would be diverted to Dr Maheshwari Road.

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