India, Sept. 13 -- Around 10 pm on Friday, amid heavy police presence, the 112-year-old Elphinstone Bridge, connecting Prabhadevi and Parel, was shut for demolition to make way for the under-construction Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector.

The British-era bridge, which crosses over active railway tracks on the Central and Western lines, will be replaced by a double-decker bridge part of the Sewri-Worli connector-a 4.5-km, signal-free, elevated road connecting the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and the Atal Setu.

The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) barricaded the Elphinstone Bridge at both ends and began demolishing the ramps or approach roads around 10 pm on Friday, two hours before the initially declared closure time of mid...