Gujarat's iconic 'Golden Bridge' on Narmada bows out at 140

Bharuch/Mumbai, July xx The magnificent and imposing 'Golden Bridge' in Bharuch - built with the scrap iron of the disaster-hit Tay Bridge - on the river Narmada in south Gujarat, 'retired' this week, after a glorious 140 years of service on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway.

"Thank You, Golden Bridge - Narmada Bridge...For enduring our load... Uninterruptedly for 140 years," said Harish Joshi, Director of a media house, Channel Narmada and a former journalist, echoing the sentiments of millions in the state on the erstwhile rail bridge-turned-road bridge built during the colonial regime.

Hampered by the Narmada, the then British rulers decided to construct a railway bridge connecting the Bombay Province's administrative headquarters, Bombay

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