One more bridge has made it to the list of those needing a complete overhaul — a foot overbridge (FOB) at Marine Lines, for which Western Railway (WR) has called for work orders to demolish it completely as well as to reconstruct it. The newer version is touted to be double the width. The bridge, which connects the access road from Bombay Hospital in the east to Hindi Vidya Bhavan at Marine Drive, is mainly used by local residents and schoolchildren.

More room
The bridge is a combination of concrete and metal — the cement portion passes over the road, while a narrow 2.5-m-wide iron structure with heavy metal plates at the base is over the railway section. A senior divisional official from WR said the reconstructed bridge will be four metres wide. "Tenders for the project will open mid-October; it will take about 12 months to complete the work," he added.