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Irwin Bridge

This is one of the oldest, historic and largest bridges built on river Krishna during the British rule. This Bridge is built of Red colored stone and has two passages to climb down in the middle of the bridge and view the river water. The Ex Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Late Shri Vasantdada Patil who led the freedom struggle in Western Maharashtra himself jumped into river Krishna from Irwin Bridge when he was chased by the British army.This was built by V. R. Ranade and Sons Company. The funding for this project mainly came from Shrimant Partvardhan Raje of Sangli Sansthan.The bridge connecting to Islampur & further Pune.