Summary:
After portion of Andheri's Gokhale bridge collapsed on July 3 last year, it came forth that De Lisle road over bridge is in poor condition. The WR have set a target of 10 months for constructing the new stainless steel bridge, on the same location.The 26.7-metre-wide bridge will road and footpath. On the other hand majority of asphalt and tar were scrapped from the face of De Lisle bridge, using heavy-duty drilling machines. IIT, Rlys inspect, De Lisle bridge shutsAfter the collapse of Andheri bridge, soon the Indian Railways decide to inspect 445 bridges in Mumbai and its metropolitan region. On July 24, De Lisle bridge (later named as NM Joshi bridge) became the first to fall, as it was shut for public use --- both pedestrians and motorists..