Fly over Kemps Corner
The city's iconic Kemps Corner flyover celebrated it 52nd birthday yesterday. Built in 1965, it is India's first flyover. It was the BMC that had commissioned it, and christened it Dr Gopalrao Deshmukh Uddanpul. Under the aegis of civil engineer Shirish Patel, it was completed at a cost of Rs 17.5 lakh, in just six months. The bridge, according to archives, had concrete hinges and not cast iron because delivery of the latter would have meant an 18-month-long wait.