Marble piece mentions the ‘poor people’ who built bridge, Brit officer who commissioned it
The plaque at the corner of the bridge. Pic/R Venkatesh
- Plaque mentions that kilometre-long stretch named after Major General John Bellasis
- The bridge at the site came up around 1893 over the railway lines
- The road played an important part in the formation of the city
As demolition work for the 131-year-old Bellasis Road bridge was taken up at midnight on Tuesday, a historic rare marble plaque at the corner of the bridge with a mention of the 18th-century road built at the site earlier will be saved and restored by the Western Railway. The marble plaque mentions that a kilometre-long stretch named after British Major General John Bellasis was constructed in the 18th century by the poor driven out of Surat due to a famine in 1793. The bridge at the site came up around 1893 over the railway lines and connects Nagpada Junction to Tardeo, passing Mumbai Central railway station.
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