Minto Bridge Explained

Minto Bridge, renamed Shivaji Bridge, is a railway underbridge in New Delhi.

Vivekananda Road, once known as Minto Road, passes under the bridge,[1] connecting Connaught Place to the Ajmeri Gate side of the New Delhi Railway Station and Old Delhi.[2] [3] Journalist and chronicler RV Smith places the date of construction as 1933.[4] [5] AK Jain, an architect and a planner at Delhi Development Authority, places the construction to 1926.[6] It was built to carry a new railway line to New Delhi railway station.[7] It is now a heritage structure; this designation comes into light during plans to redevelop the area.[8] [9] The bridge is named after Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto who was the viceroy and governor-general of India from 1905 to 1910. It was renamed Shivaji Bridge however the old name is more commonly used. The now shut restaurants 'Blue Star' and 'Splash Bar & Restaurant' were located in its vicinity.

The underpass is known to face waterlogging since India's independence.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soofi . Mayank Austen . 2015-09-04 . Bye bye, Aurangzeb . 2022-08-06 . Livemint.
  2. Web site: Soofi . Mayank Austen . 2010-10-23 . The story of a bridge . 2022-08-06 . Hindustan Times . en.
  3. Web site: Shrangi . Vatsala . 2020-07-19 . Waterlogged since 1950s: Why Minto Bridge is Delhi’s flooding constant . 2022-08-06 . Hindustan Times.
  4. News: Smith . R. V. . Ronald Vivian Smith . 2016-06-19 . A bridge of stories . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-08-06 . 0971-751X.
  5. Web site: Shrangi . Vatsala . 2020-07-19 . Waterlogged since 1950s: Why Minto Bridge is Delhi’s flooding constant . 2022-08-06 . Hindustan Times . en.
  6. Web site: Sharma . Manoj . 2020-07-23 . A lot of water has flown under this bridge: The Minto mark on Delhi’s history . 2022-08-06 . Hindustan Times . en.
  7. Web site: Singh . Paras . 2021-12-05 . Skywalk, Minto bridge widening part of New Delhi railway station revamp . 2022-08-06 . Hindustan Times . en.
  8. Web site: 2017-08-20 . A Long Lost Bridge With A Dwindling History - Minto Bridge Near Connaught Place . 2022-08-06 . So City . en.
  9. Web site: Joshi . Mallica . 2020-07-21 . Explained: Why does Delhi’s Minto Bridge underpass keep getting flooded? . 2022-08-06 . The Indian Express . en.

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