India, March 20 -- Phase 1 of the Nahur bridge, an important link in the ambitious Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR), is almost complete. Officials say it will be opened to traffic in a month.

The existing bridge has acquired two 'arms' - each one flanking the current structure, and each one carrying traffic in opposite directions. Eventually, both arms, and a new bridge that will replace the existing central structure, will be consolidated into a single reinvented Nahur Bridge.

While the east-west arm opened to traffic on February 27, the second arm is expected to be opened in April.

The Nahur bridge straddles the railway tracks at Nahur railway station, connecting the east-west suburbs of Nahur, Mulund and Bhandup. In the larger schem...