The Gazetteers Department

At the time of publication of the Old Gazetteer of Satara district, there were sixteen main and important bridges, of which seven were on the Poona-Belgaum road, across the Nira, Krishna, Yenna, Urmodi, Tarali, Koyna and Varna rivers. At a distance of thirty miles from Poona near Shirwal, the Nira was crossed on the Poona-Belgaum road by an iron lattice girder bridge resting on masonry piers. Another equally important bridge on the same road across the Krishna was at Bhuinj. Most of the bridges existing then were of masonry. With the passage of time they became undependable. while some of them broke down. Subsequently, they were either repaired or new bridges were constructed in their place. A number of new bridges were constructed under the Post-War Road Development Programme and the two Five-Year Plans. The following table gives the present position of the major bridges in this district in-charge of the Buildings and Communications Department.

TABLE No. 2.

MAJOR BRIDGES AND CAUSEWAYS IN CHARGE OF THE BUILDINGS AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT

Name of the Road and River.		Mile No.	Name of the nearest Village or Town.	Average height.	Length.	Breadth.	Cost of construction.	Year of construction.
1		2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Nira River	29-5	Sarola	15'	480'	20'-3"	N. A.	N. A.
2.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Krishna River	54-7	Bhuinj	17'	270'	20'-0"	N. A.	N. A.
3.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Venna River	65-6	Varya	17'	240'	20'-0"	N. A.	N. A.
5.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Urmodi River	78-8	Borgaon	7'	266'	21'-0"	N. A.	N. A.
6.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Tarali River	90-4	Umbraj	46'	204'	20'-0	N. A.	N. A.
6.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Uttar Mand River	91-4	Umbraj	16'	178'	20'-0"	N. A.	N. A.
7.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Koyna River	101-2	Karad	N. A.	969'	22'-0"	N. A.	1859
8.	Poona—Bangalore Road. South Mand River	108-3	Wathar	26'	171'	19'	N. A.	1859
9.	Poona—Bangalore Road. Nalla	108-7	Wathar	12'	106'	20'-0"	N. A.	1859
10.	Guhagar—Chiplun—Karad—Jath—Bijapur Road. Krishna River	86-5	Karad	40'	902'	23'-0"	4,17,305	1940
11.	Satara—Pandharpur Road. Krishna River	2-8	Mahuli	N. A.	323'	20'-0"	4,75,000	1915
12.	Satara—Pandharpur Road, Vasna River	9-8	Koregaon	N. A.	167'	19'-6"	N. A.	N. A.
13.	Satara—Pandharpur Road. Koregaon Nalla	11-2	Koregaon	15'	186'	22'-0"	1,08,125	1955-56
14.	Satara—Pandharpur Road. Man River	53-1	Mhaswad	29'	588'	22'-0"	5,99,903	1953
15.	Satara—Padali Road. Venna River	2-3	Khed	20'	150'	27'-6"	N. A.	1845
16.	Satara—Padali Road. Krishna River	5-6	Vaduth	15'	195'	27'-0"	N. A.	1945
17.	Satara—Padali Road. Vasna River	9-5	Padali	16'	114'	20'-0"	N. A.	N. A.

The following is the statement of minor bridges or causeways in charge of the District Local Board, Satara.

TABLE No. 3.

CAUSEWAYS IN CHARGE OF THE DISTRICT LOCAL BOARD, SATARA.

Serial No.	Name of the Road.	River or Nalla.	Mile No.	Structural Details.
1	Satara—Tasgaon	Nalla	24/6	Khandki masonry; two openings of 7'-10" size. Its total length is 77'.
2	Satara—Tasgaon	Goregaon Nalla	29/4	Masonry; two openings of 7-10" x 3-3" size. Its total length is 203' and has a R. C. C. slab and cement concrete wearing.
3	Vita—Pusesavali	Nandani River	18/7	Khandki masonry; two openings of 6' x 3' size. Its total length is 150'.
4	Pusesavali—Shingnapur	Pusesavali Nalla	0/5	Khandki masonry: two openings of 4'-6" x 2'-9" size. Its total length is 150' and has a R. C. C. slab.
5	Pusesavali—Shingnapur	Nandani River	2/1	Masonry; two openings of 2' x 2' size. Its total length is 164'
6	Pusesavali—Shingnapur	Nalla	17/1	The causeway has a cement concrete wearing and its total length is 111'.
7	Pusesavali—Shingnapur	Nalla	17/4	Stone masonry; pipe openings, having cement concrete wearing; its total length is 108'.
8	Vaduj—Katar Khatav	Nalla	0/5	Masonry; three openings of 3' X 2', and the length being 185'.
9	Vaduj—Katar Khatav	Nalla	2/2	Its length is 120' and has four openings of 8' x 4' size.
10	Vaduj—Katar Khatav	Nalla	4/1	Its length is 167' and has four openings.
11	Vaduj—Ambheri	Nalla	3/7	Khandki masonry; two openings of 2':x; 2' size. Its length is 77'.
12	Vaduj—Pusegaon	Nalla	1/8	Khandki masonry; two openings of 3' x 2' size, the total length being 133'.
13	Vaduj—Pusegaon	Karanje Nalla	3/2	Khandki masonry; having 15 openings. The length of this causeway is 250'.
14	Vaduj—Pusegaon	Nalla	8/3	Khandki masonry; one opening of 2�' x 3'; the total length is 98'.
15	Vaduj—Pusegaon	Nalla	10/1	Khandki masonry; one opening of 3' x 3 �; the total length is 105'
16	Vaduj—Pusegaon	Nalla	11/3	Khandki masonry. The length of this causeway is 80'.
17	Dahiwadi—Gondavle	Nalla	2/6	Khandki masonry. it has one opening of 2 � x 3 �' size.
18	Dahiwadi—Gondavle	Nalla	3/3	Khandki masonry; four openings of 24' x 18' size. The length of this causeway is 106' and has a cement concrete wearing.
19	Pusesavali—Shingnapur	Nalla	20/2	Stone masonry.
20	Welang—Chatidwadi	Welang River	0/4	Khandki masonry; five openings of 7' x 8' size. It has R. C. C. slab.
21	Karad—Dhebewadi Road (Section 1) .	Nalla	3/7	Masonry structure; it has three Hume Pipe openings of 24" diameter.
22	Karad—Dhebewadi Road (Section 1).	Nalla	5/5	This causeway has two Hume Pipe openings of 24" diameter and has a masonry structure.
23	Karad—Masur—Kiwal	Nalla	5/8	This causeway has two Hume Pipe openings of 24" and has a masonry structure.
24	Karad—Masur—Kiwal	Nalla	7/2	This causeway has two openings of 24" diameter and has a masonry structure.

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