This bridge is constructed in Mumbai recently. An excellant engineering skill is proved here.

The city is beautified due to this construction.

Traffic is regularized.

We Indians are proud of this new bridge.

Some of the facts

The Bandra-WorliSea Link

•INAUGURATION June 30, 2009

•Landmark for Mumbai city

•Among the most complex & advanced construction projects ever in India

•Major project in Mumbai metropolitan region after Mumbai-Pune expressway

Project

•Sea link project conceived in the 1990s

•Plagued by PILs- fishermen & environmentalists

•2004- Work started

•But drastic changes to 80% of the bridge design

•Cost escalation from Rs 350 crore to Rs 1,306 crore to Rs 1,634 crore

•MSRDC project

•Executed by Hindustan Construction Company

•Illumination by Bajaj Electricals, Rs 9 crore

Location

• Built over the MahimBay

• Connects Bandra(suburb) to Worli(central Mumbai)

• 8-lane-wide

• Sea link length- 5.6-km, 3.8 km over the sea

Facts

•Height of the cable-stayed tower = 43-storey building

•Weight= 50,000 African elephants

•Steel wire used= circumference of the earth

•Cement used- 90,000 tons

•16 lanes toll plaza, at the Bandra end

How the Sea-Link Helps

•Additional connectivity from city to suburbs

•Reduces travel time from 1 hour+ to only 7 minutes

•Decongests Mahim Causeway- 125,000 vehicles a day

•Avoids 29 traffic lights

•Save Rs 100 crore a year in vehicle operating costs

Landmark

•Hot tourist spot

•Key destination in 'Mumbai Darshan' package

•Special open BEST buses between BKC & Worli sea face

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Mini-UN

8-lane bridge, with 2 dedicated bus lanes

• Engineering team from

• China, Egypt, Canada, Britain, Serbia, Switzerland, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Philippines worked on the project