With the demolition of the Carnac Bridge finalised later this month, the Central Railway has said that they would try and preserve the original stone plaques on the overpass, possibly at the indoor or outdoor heritage galleries at CSMT or may even try to embed them into the new bridge design.

mid-day had earlier reported that the over 150-year-old bridge had been declared dangerous by IIT-Bombay in their audit. It was recommended that the bridge be pulled down as it had become a danger for the busy rail traffic passing below. The traffic police had put restrictions on heavy vehicular movement on the bridge. The BMC and traffic police have now given the go-ahead for shutting and cutting up the bridge to be replaced by a new one.