Three sections of the bridge wall had to be removed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority ( MMRDA ) in 2014 to make room construction of pillars for Line 1 of the Mumbai Monorail.
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Painted tiles inlaid into bridge walls recount with maps and images the history of the adjacent areas for a self-guided tour along the river walks, which themselves feature linked bollards and piers as true remnants of river life.
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The castle is powerful and compact in its size with very little decoration-one square compound built in red bricks, one of the most prominent examples of Gothic architecture of the age, with imposing M-shaped merlons running along the castle and bridge walls.
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It also encompassed a re-pavimentation of the bridge's pavement and the replacement of many of the stones in the bridge walls, a matter which was controversial due to a heavy-handed approach adopted by the restoration team, which had no previous experience in restoration of cultural heritage monuments.
