THANE: Mumbai motorists travelling to Thane and Nashik are likely to face snarls along the Eastern Express highway owing to diversion of heavy freight vehicles as the Mumbra bypass flyover is shut following major structural damage.
A part of road plaster on the Thane-bound lane of the arterial bypass caved in on Thursday, exposing the reinforcements on the flyover stretch towards the Kharegaon landing. The public works department has taken up a temporary repair block. As a result, heavy vehicles are being diverted from Shilphata to Thane via Mahape, Airoli and Kalyan Durgadi, adding to the strain on these already congested roads. “There was an increase in traffic on the Eastern Express highway from the Anand Nagar point. Congestion is likely to remain till the repairs are done,” informed Balasaheb Patil, deputy police commissioner, Thane traffic.
