Mumbai: After nearly 11 months, the Western Railway (WR) has finally completed the repair work of Gokhale Bridge at Andheri, which has been opened for public use from Sunday morning.
WR had undertaken a safety audit of Gokhale bridge with the help of IIT-Bombay, after the fall of the cantilever footpath at South end of the bridge in July last year, and the major repairs and strengthening work to be undertaken were identified.
Ravinder Bhakar, Chief Public Relations Officer, WR said the entire work involved dismantling of 3.3m wide cantilever old slab on both South and North carriage way, it was carried out at a cost of Rs3.34 crore, which included replacement of corroded steel brackets supporting slab, casting new slab and crash barrier and providing stainless steel fencing.
“While carrying out this work, special care had been taken in respect of durability of structure by choice of materials like using stainless steel which is corrosion resistant and design detailing like reduced cantilever, rich concrete mix and lesser inaccessible parts making inspections easier,” said Bhakar.
