The 32-year-old dream of establishing east-west connectivity in Vidyavihar registered a major milestone on Saturday night, with the BMC installing the nation’s longest girder on the railway track. The bridge is expected to be ready by May 2024, officials said on Sunday. Mid-Day witnessed the work, which was undertaken within three hours on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.

Workers launched the girder above railway lives at Vidyavihar station, post midnight, on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar