India, Sept. 12 -- The Elphinstone Bridge, a crucial connector between Parel and Prabhadevi in central Mumbai, will be closed from Friday midnight (12 am on Saturday) to facilitate its demolition and make way for the upcoming Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector.

The Mumbai Traffic Police, in a notification issued Thursday evening, outlined several traffic diversions and restrictions to manage congestion during the demolition. Vehicles moving from east to west around Dadar will need to use the Tilak Bridge, while alternatives like the Curry Road Bridge and the Chinchpokli Bridge have been designated for traffic from Parel, Byculla, Prabhadevi, and Worli.

There will be traffic restrictions on the Curry Road railway bridge, said a police office...