The work on one of Mumbai’s longest steel road bridges with a 98-metre stretch over ten railway lines is picking pace between Vidyavihar and Ghatkopar, with girders arriving from north India. On Friday, the booking office on the west side of Vidyavihar station was demolished to make way for the foundations of the new bridge on which the long girders would be placed. The bridge is expected to be ready in two years.

A senior railway official said that the 480-metre-long bridge is being built by the BMC for east-west connectivity. “It is a two-lane bridge on both sides with a footpath from RN Gandhi School on the east side to Ramdev Peer Marg on the west side. Basically, it will bring Vidyavihar east closer to the arterial LBS Road and will prove to be a key connector,” he explained.