The Park Street flyover in the heart of the city will be shut to traffic from 10pm on December 3 to 6am on December 6 for a load test of the structure.
Senior officials of the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) — the agency responsible for the maintenance of the flyover — has informed police that personnel and machinery will move in from the morning of December 3 and the test will begin that night.
On December 4 and 5, engineers will conduct a series of tests on the 1.3-km flyover on Jawaharlal Nehru Road before it is opened to traffic on the morning of December 6, Monday.