The district administration decided to close one of the two bridges partially over Mahananda river in Siliguri from Tuesday to February 27 for repairs.
The curb led to traffic congestion in the region.
“The state PWD (north Bengal construction division) will carry out some maintenance work on the structure of Mahananda Bridge. Considering these repairs, it was decided that vehicular movement (except Totos and two-wheelers) over it would be stopped for the next five days,” an official of the Siliguri Metropolitan Police traffic department said.
Two parallel bridges run over Mahananda river with each serving for one-way traffic. The older bridge was constructed in 1967 while the second bridge was built in 1992.
