IN PHOTOS: Commuters face traffic snarls due to Gokhale bridge closure

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation asked police to shut Gokhale bridge, an east-west road connector over Western Railway tracks in Andheri, for vehicular traffic. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Updated On: 2022-11-07 02:08 PM IST

Gokhale bridge was shut on Sunday at midnight.

The closure of Gopal Krishna Gokhale bridge in Andheri, after it was declared dangerous, caused chaos and delays for commuters this morning

Earlier, a part of the bridge on the tracks had collapsed in 2018, resulting in two deaths

 

The BMC shut Gopal Krishna Gokhale bridge in Andheri on Sunday midnight after it was declared dangerous, and a plan to demolish the bridge will be prepared in 15 days

"As per a report of BMC consultant SCG Consultancy Services, the existing bridge is in extremely dangerous condition and may lead to a mishap any moment and should be immediately closed down," MLA Satam said in the letter

A commuter takes a picture of the instruction board near the Gokhale Bridge. Pic/Pradeep

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