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Mumbai: Seven months later, D-Day for Sion bridge
Updated On: 01 August, 2024 06:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Sameer Surve
After polls and exams pushed date from January this year to July end, historic ROB shut last night for two-year-long razing-reconstruction
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Recently, the bridge was closed to heavy motor vehicles. File pics/Sayyed Sameer Abedi
The 110-year-old Sion bridge will be closed to traffic for the next two years, starting Thursday (August 1), as the Central Railway undertakes its demolition and reconstruction. The demolition phase is anticipated to last four to five months. Originally scheduled for demolition on January 20, the closure of the road overbridge (ROB), which connects Dharavi, Bandra and LBS Road to the eastern part of Sion and Bharatratna Ambedkar Road, was postponed several times owing to the LS polls and the various exams.
About 10,000 BEST bus commuters will be impacted by the bridge closure. The section of the bridge over the railway is currently 40 metres long and will be extended to 51 metres to fit the new 5th and 6th railway lines. The bridge will stay closed until July 31, 2026, with the reconstruction costing around Rs 51 crore.
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