Borim bridge to be shut for 12 hours from 8pm tomorrow for asphalting

Ponda: The Borim bridge will remain closed for all traffic from 8pm on Sunday to 8am on Monday to asphalt a new coat of polymer modified bitumen concrete.The PWD sought the complete closure of the bridge to complete the asphalting without any hindrance.The contractor, Sanrachana Structural Strengthening Pvt Ltd from Thane, Maharashtra, has already removed the earlier coat, said Anand Vaghurmekar, assistant engineer of the national highway division of the PWD.After the asphalting, the contractor will continue with the remaining work of finger-type joint replacement. Last month, the contractor replaced half of the joints. “The work of remaining joints’ replacement would be done without complete closure,” Vaghurmekar said.The bridge has four expansion joints and only half of the first joint from the Borim side has been replaced.As a part of the strengthening work, the contractor already completed installation of central hinge bearings on Nov 2 last year.