India, Feb. 27 -- At first glance, it looks very familiar, its fan-like cables reminding you of another bridge that is now a Mumbai icon. Just like that other architectural marvel, the Bandra-Worli Sealink, the new Reay Road bridge is cable-stayed - it is, in fact, the only land-based cable-stayed bridge in the city, and the second to use this design after the sealink.

After its demolition in February 2022 and reconstruction, the bridge, spanning 385 metres, awaits inauguration by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. It promises to change the dynamics of traffic flow in the area.

Built in 1910 and once riddled with slums, the Reay Road bridge is one of four British-era bridges whose reconstruction the civic administration entrusted to the ...