Reconstruction
After considerable deliberations, the engineering division of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has opined that more than 125-year-old Ellisbridge be pulled down in order to bring it back to its old glory. When rebuilt, the plan is to run the BRTS bus on it as an exclusive corridor that would look just like the original when the steel arches are placed back.
The pollution in the Sabarmati River has corroded the steel piers (pillars) of the bridge over time weakening the very foundation of the bridge.
A consultant was appointed for the purpose who was studying whether strengthening of the piers and the 23-odd steel segments can improve the load-bearing capacity of the bridge. The consultant advised that pulling down the bridge and building a new one would be cheaper than merely strengthening the old bridge, which would not last long.
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