mid-day test drive
Mumbai’s flyovers, built to ease traffic at junctions and signals, are increasingly clogged during peak hours due to the movement of heavy vehicles. Mid-day recently conducted a test drive on both corridors to reveal that the extensive use of flyovers by outstation buses and goods carriers is causing congestion. City-based transport experts believe that easing congestion on arterial routes requires barring heavy vehicles from flyovers. According to the traffic police, the movement of heavy vehicles is restricted from 8 am to 11 am and 5 pm to 9 pm. Pics/Satej Shinde, Ashish Raje and Ranjeet Jadhav (Story/Ranjeet Jadhav and Rajendra Aklekar)
06 March,2026 01:43 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
Mumbai
The work of the iconic cable-stayed flyover bridge on the Western Express Highway in Mumbai, part of the Santacruz-Chembur Link Road (SCLR) extension, is complete, officials had said last month. Pics/Satej Shinde
05 August,2025 05:58 PM IST | Asif Ali Sayed
The Vikhroli Road Overbridge officially opened for commuters on Saturday in Mumbai's Vikhroli area. The structure is likely to ease the traffic woes in eastern suburbs. (Pics/Satej Shinde)
14 June,2025 07:41 PM IST | Divya Nair
The Gopal Krishna Gokhale bridge at Andheri, which collapsed in July 2018, resulting in two deaths and three injuries, will fully open for traffic on Sunday evening. Pics/BMC, Satej Shinde and Ashish Raje
11 May,2025 09:10 PM IST | Asif Ali SayedADVERTISEMENT
