The city’s first cable-stayed road overbridge at Reay Road station is finally complete and has become one of the fastest ones constructed over the rail lines. The new bridge has six lanes and a footpath for pedestrians. The construction work of this cable-stayed bridge was started on Valentine’s Day 2022 and has been completed in two years. The new bridge has been part of a citywide project to upgrade old bridges in the city.

Century-old British-era bridges have been taken up for reconstruction by the Maharashtra Rail Infrastructure Development Corporation (MRIDC) or Maharail, under agreement with the BMC and Railways, as their lifespan has almost come to an end,” an official said. “The aim is to rebuild the old bridges into cable-stayed bridges without causing any hindrances to traffic in such a way that a new bridge is being constructed adjacent to the old one and then the existing old bridge is demolished for construction of a new one. Once ready, the cable-stayed bridges shall be an iconic symbol of Mumbai,” he said.