The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is an 8-lane cable-stayed bridge that connects Bandra in the Western Suburbs to Worli in Central Mumbai. Construction of the 5.6 km long bridge, 3.8 km of which is over the sea, was a complex project involving international engineering teams and costing over Rs. 1,600 crore. The Sea Link helps reduce travel time between Bandra and Worli to just 7 minutes, easing traffic and cutting costs. However, it has also led to some new congestion issues in Worli and on nearby roads.

1. The Bandra-Worli Sealink

3. 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

5. 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

8. 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

10. 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
•

12. 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

14. 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
•

16. 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

18. Mini-UN
• Engineering team from
• China, Egypt, Canada, Britain, Serbia,
Switzerland, Singapore, Thailand, Hong
Kong, Indonesia and Philippines worked
on the project

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