Mumbai: Traffic curbs on A’bad highway for repair work

Mumbai: One of the two lanes of the Gujarat-bound Varsova creek bridge on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway near Ghodbunder Road, Thane, will be shut for repairs from Thursday. Heavy vehicles have been banned on the 50-year-old bridge since Tuesday, but light vehicles can use the open lane. Repairs will go on till September 25.

The heavy vehicles will have to stay off the bridge until September 28. The two-lane Mumbai bound bridge will be operational. Traffic police have been posted at the bridge to reduce the chaos.

Heavy vehicles going towards Gujarat will have to take the Ghodbunder Road and proceed towards Mumbra-Kharegaon toll plaza.