The Reay Road bridge in Mumbai is scheduled to be inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at an official ceremony on May 13. Pics/Ashish Raje
Reay Road bridge is city’s first cable-stayed road overbridge and has been one of the fastest to be completed, as the older one was demolished in February 2022 and the new one completed in December 2024 within a period of two years. It had, however, to wait nearly six months for inauguration
“The construction work of this cable-stayed bridge was started on Valentine’s Day 2022 and has been completed within two years. The new bridge is part of a city-wide project to upgrade old bridges. Century-old British-era bridges have been taken up for reconstruction by the Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (MRIDC), or Maharail, under an agreement with the BMC and railways, as their life span has almost come to an end,” an official said
“The aim is to rebuild the old bridges into cable-stayed bridges without causing any hindrance to traffic, in such a way that a new bridge is constructed adjacent to the old one, which is then demolished for the construction of the new bridge. Once completed, the cable-stayed bridges shall be an iconic symbol of Mumbai,” he added
The new cable-stayed road overbridge will also add aesthetic appeal to the world-class heritage structure
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