The Bandra–Worli
Sea Link (officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link) is a
5.6 km long, 8-lane wide bridge that links Bandra in
the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South
Mumbai. It is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed
concrete-steel viaducts on either side. It was planned as a part of the
proposed Western Freeway that would link the Western Suburbs to Nariman
Point in Mumbai's main business district, but is now planned to become
part of the Coastal Road to Kandivali.
The 1M
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 20
to 30 minutes to 10 minutes. As
of October 2009, BWSL had an average daily traffic of around 37,500 vehicles.
The
facts about the sea link:
1.
The true engineering marvel developed on the Arabian Sea.
2.
The bridge has 8 lanes, with two dedicated for the buses.
3.
The total weight of the sea link is equivalent to 50,000 African
elephants.
4.
Steel cable has been used for supporting the various structures of
bridge. Steel wire used in the bridge is equivalent to the total circumference
of the earth.
5. The height of the Bandra-Worli sea link is 63 times the height of Qutub Minar
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6.
In all 90,000 tons of cement has been used which could easily construct
five buildings of 10 storeys each.
7.
The total power consumption of the sea link is 1000KW or 1MW per day.
8.
The sea link has ultra modern automatic systems for monitoring the
traffic, surveillance, communications, instrumentation, emergency support etc.
9.
The bridge also has its own in-house diesel generator to meet to
critical emergency power requirements for monitoring and surveillance and
communication equipment.
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