bhopal after the collapse of a britishera bridge in narmadapuram district the armys rescue mission continued on monday movement has been disrupted along nh46 connecting betul and itarsi traffic has been diverted from this section and vehicles going from bhopal to nagpur and viceversa are being routed through alternate routes in harda and timarnithe bridge over sukhtawa river built in 1865 collapsed on sunday when a trailer truck running on 138 wheels and carrying a weight of around 130 tons was crossing over four crew members accompanying the transformer that was being brought to the ntpc plant near itarsi were injured as the truck remained hanging with the bridgethe accident has disrupted traffic on the national highway connecting betul with itarsi and bhopal nhai is preparing an alternate route from a nearby locationon this highway betul and itarsi are around 90km apart vehicles used to come from betul via shahpur to itarsi now they have to travel around 185km travel through betul via chicholi to timarni harda on nh47 and then travel from timarni to itarsi on hoshangabadharda road the collapse has added on 100km to the journeyas of now the diverted route is through timarni to betul work on a new bridge has started and nhai will open a new diverted route within 8 days in the meantime a team from armys 58 engineering corps bairagarh went to the site and took measurements the army will build a bailey bridge at the spot where the old bridge was present once approvals arrive from the top brass the bridge will be ready in a few days itarsi sdm madan singh raghuvanshi told toi on mondayarmys bridge will be like the one soldiers build in mountainous terrains and other difficult places he explained yet again its army to the rescue