Good news Mumbaikars! Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge will open to public from this date

The Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge in Andheri, which had been dismantled, will now open to the public from early next year. Check the latest update..

New Delhi: Mumbai is one of the largest and most popular cities in India and is often referred to as the ‘city that never sleeps’. In a major milestone in public transport, the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge will open to the public early next year. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) launched the first girder of the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge in Andheri, Mumbai on Saturday night. The bridge will partially open in February this year and be fully operational in May next year.

Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge will open to public on this date

As mentioned earlier, the Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge, a primary east-west link in the western suburban area, which was earlier dismantled, will now reopen to the public in February next year. The bridge will be partially opened to the public on February 15, 2024 and will be fully operational in May 2024. During the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, the first girder of this bridge was launched.

The trial run for the launch of the Open Web Girder (OWG) took place on December 1, 2023 when it was pushed four meters towards the track. During this last launch, the entire steel structure was pushed towards the rails and the steel superstructure was aligned with the pillars placed on the ground.

According to a civic official, “The Western Railway has approved an eleven-day traffic blockade for four hours at night. And during this period the girder is taken down every night, an average of 550 millimeters in three hours.”

The Gopal Krishna Gokhale Bridge was actually dismantled in phases, section by section between December 2022 and March 2023.