Currey Road Bridge, officially known as Mahadev Palav Marg, is a stone bridge built in 1915
that connects the neighbourhoods of
Parel
Parel (ISO: Paraḷ, pronunciation: əɾəɭ is a neighbourhood of Mumbai. Parel used to have a number of textile mills, but these have been replaced by commercial office space development.
History
Originally, Parel was a separate island, ...
and
Lower Parel
Lower Parel (Pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, əɾəɭ Help:IPA/Hindi and Urdu, əɾeːl station code: PL) railway station is a railway station on the Western Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway, India. The next station south is Mahal ...
in
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
, India. The road and bridge see heavy commuter traffic, as they connect Lalbaug and Parel with NM Joshi Marg.
Three sections of the bridge wall had to be removed by the
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is a body of the Government of Maharashtra that is responsible for preparation oRegional Plan for MMRand the infrastructure development of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. The MMRDA was se ...
(MMRDA) in 2014 to make room construction of pillars for
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of the
Mumbai Monorail
MMRDA Mumbai Monorail is an monorail system in the city of Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, built as part of a major expansion of public transport in Mumbai, public transport in the city. The project was implemented and is currently operated by the ...
.
See also
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Currey Road
Currey Road (station code: CRD) is a railway station that serves the Lower Parel neighbourhood in Mumbai. It is on the Central line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway serving the areas of Lalbaug and Parel.
Currey Road is situated in central Mu ...
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Roads in Mumbai
Bridges in Maharashtra
1915 establishments in India
Bridges completed in 1915
20th-century architecture in India
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