About four times as long as a cricket pitch, or one-fourth of that of the Eiffel Tower, the longest bridge girder in Maharashtra, at 76.67 metres, is almost ready. It will be used with other girders in the next 10 days to build a new bridge at the site of the Patri Pul at Kalyan.

This is good news for residents of Kalyan and Dombivli who have been eagerly waiting for the new bridge since Patri Pul's demolition. Vice-chairman and Managing Director of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), along with senior officials and Member of Parliament Dr Srikant Shinde visited the site this week.