An old bridge over the Budameru rivulet at Gudavalli village of Vijayawada Rural Mandal collapsed after its pillars came crashing down on Tuesday afternoon.
However, no casualties were reported. The bridge was built over the rivulet in 1970s.
According to the Gannavaram inspector K. Sridhar Kumar, two pillars of the single road bridge over the rivulet that connects Gudavalli and Jakkulanakkalam villages collapsed at around 4 pm.
Traffic diverted
With the road connectivity to the villages being disrupted after the collapse, the vehicular traffic traffic was diverted via an alternative road, he said.
“The road is used by the villagers of Jakkulanakkalam and the traffic flow is usually low. However, the residents of the village said that the pillars of the bridge slowly collapsed after a truck passed on it,” Mr. Kumar said.