LUDHIANA: A day after the municipal corporation closed Pakhowal Road for the construction of a railway overbridge and an under-bridge at the railway crossing, the old bridge on Sidhwan canal near MC zone D office was also closed on Wednesday as a new bridge would replace the old one. The new bridge will be wider than the old one.
This bridge allows traffic from BRS Nagar to Sarabha Nagar and other parts of the city. Due to closure of the bridge the entire pressure of the traffic got shifted to the other side of the bridge and long queues of vehicles were also seen on both side of the roads.