In a significant development, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) completed the launch of the second girder of the Gopal Krishna Gokhale bridge in Andheri on Monday, September 9. The girder was partially launched on September 5.
The BMC in an official statement said they managed to slide the girder 86 metres towards the western side of Andheri station. Over the next few days, the metal beams of the girder will be lowered by eight metres to match their level of alignment with the approach roads. After the beams are lowered, the balance work including constructing the approach roads will be completed.
After one side of the Gokhale bridge connecting Andheri East-West was inaugurated on February 26, Mumbaikars are eagerly waiting for the other side to be inaugurated. One side was opened 15 months after the construction of the bridge began.
Last week, the BMC was able to slide the girder by 25 metres and the remaining 71 metres was pending, considering the latter would pass above the railway tracks and the authorities would have required a railway block as a precautionary measure.
Now, the BMC has set a new deadline of April 30, 2025, for the full commissioning of the bridge. The civic body has said work on the railway over bridge section of the flyover in the second phase is expected to be finished by the middle of November this year.
Additionally, the approach road work within municipal limits is planned to be completed by April 30, 2025, said an official.
The operation to move the southern iron girder of the bridge, connecting Andheri East and West, started at 10 pm on September 4 and continued until 5 am on September 5.
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