Thane: The traffic department will close access to the four-lane four rails on the Eastern Express bridge for two days from 16 and 17 November to analyze the impact on traffic movements when the structure is dismantled to implement the second bridge widening project, officials informed on Monday.
Balasaheb Patil, Deputy Police Commissioner, Traffic Police, Thane said running an experiment was being carried out to understand the impact when access to the old bridge was closed for reconstruction in the coming days.
The number of pathways on the highway will be reduced to four of the eight available, officials who can influence the traffic movement because the police have compiled a few steps of improvement.
According to the plan, the road of the Gurudwara service, which side by side with EEH will be used for traffic to Mumbai in the morning and in the opposite direction during rush hour night.
“The second phase of the widening of the Kopri bridge can take longer and before we let the old bridge dismantled, we want to understand the impact when the traffic of eight lines narrowed to four.
We will study the situation and can formulate a solution and make the right settings on it, “Patil said.
The reconstruction of the old Kopri bridge is likely to be done and it will likely take several more months for Thane residents to travel smoothly to and from Mumbai on the Eastern Express highway.