Bandra-Worli Sealink
| Bandra-Worli Sea Link | |
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Bandra Worli Sea Link from Bandra Fort
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| Coordinates | 19°02′11″N 72°49′02″E / 19.0364°N 72.8172°ECoordinates: 19°02′11″N 72°49′02″E / 19.0364°N 72.8172°E |
| Carries | 4 lanes of traffic in each direction |
| Crosses | Mahim Bay |
| Locale | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official name | Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link |
| Owner | MSRDC |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Cable-stayed main spans; concrete-steel precast segment viaducts at either end |
| Total length | 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) |
| Width | 2 x 20 metres (66 ft) |
| Height | 126 metres (413 ft) |
| Longest span | 2 x 250 metres (820 ft) |
| History | |
| Designer | Seshadri Srinivasan |
| Constructed by | Hindustan Construction Company, India |
| Construction start | 2000 |
| Construction end | 24 March 2010 |
| Opened | 30 June 2009 |
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| Toll |
₹60 (94¢ US) Car ₹90 (US$1.40) LCV ₹125 (US$1.90) Heavy vehicle |
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The Bandra–Worli Sea Link, officially called Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete-steel viaducts on either side that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai. The bridge is a part of the proposed Western Freeway that will link the Western Suburbs to Nariman Point in Mumbai's main business district.
The ₹16 billion (US$250 million) bridge was commissioned by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), and built by the Hindustan Construction Company. The first four of the eight lanes of the bridge were opened to the public on 30 June 2009. All eight lanes were opened on 24 March 2010.
The sea-link reduces travel time between Bandra and Worli during peak hours from 60–90 minutes to 20–30 minutes. As of October 2009, BWSL had an average daily traffic of around 37,500 vehicles.
Mahim Causeway was the only road connecting the western suburbs to Mumbai's central business district. This north-southwestern corridor became a bottleneck and was highly congested at peak hours. The Western Freeway project was proposed to span the entire western coastline of Mumbai to ease congestion. The Bandra–Worli Sea-Link, a bridge over Mahim Bay, was proposed as the first phase of this freeway system, offering an alternative route to the Mahim Causeway.
The Mujeeb Acharwala Bridge connects the intersection of the Western Express Highway and Swami Vivekanand Road in Bandra to the Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Road in Worli. From Worli Seaface, it connects to Mumbai's arterial Annie Besant Road.
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