Railway officials have claimed that the new bridge will be bigger and wider and It is likely to be opened by February 15. Pics/Ashish Raje
A year after the closure of old Z bridge that linked Matunga station on Central Railway to Matunga Road station on Western Railway, the bridge is reportedly likely to open soon
The bridge was shut after it had been in a poor shape and is now in the final phase of reconstruction
There are several municipal schools in the area apart from colleges like Ruia, Ruparel, Khalsa, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute and Welingkar, besides a vegetable and flower market and several temples
The earlier small open-air bridge stood for almost a century and it abutted CR’s Matunga carriage workshop from where curious onlookers would peep inside the facility
Its replacement, a completely new structure, is a bit higher and much wider than the older one and does not abut the rail workshop entirely
“It is going to have brighter night lights with better lux levels and a roof, which were not in the original BMC plan but are being installed to avoid mishaps as there is high crane activity in the Matunga workshop area sometimes,” a CR official said
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