The Bandra Worli Sea Link (Marathi: वांद्रे-वरळी सागरी महामार्ग) is an 8-lane, cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete viaduct approaches, which links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai, and is the first phase of the proposedWest Island Freeway system. The Rs. 1600 crore ($ 400 Million approx.) project ofMaharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) is being executed by Hindustan Construction Company. Designs and Project management is by M/s DAR Consultants. The bridge was inaugurated on 30 June 2009 (Postponed and actually inaugurated on 1 July 2009) by Congress Chairperson Sonia Gandhi. The Sea Link is likely to reduce travel time between Bandra and Worli from 45–60 minutes to 7 minutes
It is India's first eight-lane freeway over the open sea and is hailed as a modern Indian engineering marvel. Some statistics on the bridge, its weight is equivalent to 50000 African elephants, the length of the bridge is 63 times the height of the Qutub Minar in Delhi, the height of the cable-stayed tower is 126m(equal to a 43-storey tower) and the length of steel wires used in the project is equivalent to the circumference of the Earth(each cable can take a weight of 900 tons). It was built by a skilled team comprising of the best engineers from India, as well as, other countries including Britain, Canada,China, Egypt, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Serbia, Singapore and Switzerland, Monitored by an Intelligent Bridge System with a 16-lane, state-of-the-art toll plaza.
I hope that the new sealink is as strong as the Eiffel Tower. We can't afford to go it down as the Delhi metro. Cause this time the damage will be more devastating and also there is no ground beneath !!! I am proud of the engineers and workers who toiled hard for it. It is one of the big wonders in India and I feel proud today to be an Engineer.
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