A 100-year-old bridge near Kalyan – Patri pul – which is the main point of connect between the eastern and western sides, is all set to face the axe. As decided at a joint meeting of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) and Railways, demolition work of the bridge would start on Wednesday morning followed by its reconstruction over the next four months.

According to sources, after the Andheri bridge collapse, a joint audit conducted by the engineers of Central Railway, KDMC and IIT Bombay on July 20 had found the Patri pul to be unsafe. Post further examinations, the CR authorities had asked the civic body to close the bridge for vehicular traffic and take up its demolition work at the earliest.