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The Bandra-Worli Sealink :The Bandra-Worli Sealink
The Bandra- Worli Sea Link :The Bandra- Worli Sea 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 :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 :Location Built over the Mahim Bay
Connects Bandra(suburb) to Worli(central Mumbai)
8-lane-wide
Sea link length- 5.6-km, 3.8 km over the sea
Facts :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 :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
Problems Perceived :Problems Perceived Major traffic snarls at Worli, no solution figured out
Additional congestion on SV road and across Lilavati Hospital
Toll proposed- Rs 50 oneway, may dissuade a few
Landmark :Landmark Hot tourist spot
Key destination in 'Mumbai Darshan' package
Special open BEST buses between BKC & Worli sea face
8-lane bridge, with 2 dedicated bus lanes
Mini-UN :Mini-UN Engineering team from Â
China, Egypt, Canada, Britain, Serbia, Switzerland, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Philippines worked on the project
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