Pic/Ashish Raje

The old heritage Sewri railway footbridge was brought down on Sunday to make way for a new and bigger bridge. The old bridge that was demolished, was an important link with the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, India's first railway, and had inscriptions dated 1897, stating - Built by the Joseph Westwood and Company Limited. Joseph Westwood and Company Limited functioned at Napier Yard in England where the bridge had been originally built and shipped for Bombay railway.