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While immoderate of these bridges are shorter successful size, erstwhile operational they volition bring successful superior respite for traffic. (Image: Adobe banal Images)
To easiness commute and vehicular movement, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is gearing up to unfastened 7 bridges successful antithetic parts of the land metropolis arsenic good the suburban loop for creaseless postulation flow.
Where volition the 7 bridges beryllium located
All the 7 bridges are located successful immoderate of the cardinal postulation choking points successful Mumbai. The 7 bridges, see a caller span connecting Bandra and Dharavi implicit Mithi River originating adjacent the Bandra Fire presumption and merging with the Western Express Highway (WEH); a railway over-bridge (ROB) adjacent Vikhroli railway presumption that would walk supra the railway tracks successful Mumbai; the under-construction Carnac overbridge located astatine P’D Mello roadworthy betwixt Sandhurst Road and Masjid Bunder; a caller vehicular span astatine Jai Hind Colony (Mulund); an extended span adjoining the Mrunaltai Gore Flyover astatine Goregaon; operation and demolition of caller ROB connecting Shankar Lane and Irani wadi astatine Kandivali (west) and operation of different span astatine Charkop.
How volition the bridges assistance Mumbai city?
While some of these bridges are shorter successful size, erstwhile operational they volition bring successful superior respite for traffic. For example, the Carnac overbridge is simply a cardinal east-west connector that volition easiness postulation astatine P’D Mello road. Similarly, erstwhile operational, the span implicit Mithi River volition decongest the Mahin Church junction and Mahim causeway. An extended limb of this span volition besides supply connectivity to the Western Express Highway (WEH) arsenic good arsenic Coastal Road. Similarly, the hold of Mrunaltai Gore flyover is expected to extremity kilometre-long postulation snarls recorded during the highest hours.
Cost of the bridges:
The corporate valuation of the 7 bridges goes supra Rs 700 crore. The astir costly among them is the span passing supra the Mithi River, mooted astatine a outgo of Rs 220 crore, followed by Mrunal Tai flyover hold that has been pegged astatine Rs 200 crore.
Timeline:
BMC, successful its fund document, has announced that each these 7 bridges volition beryllium acceptable by March 2025 and volition beryllium opened for vehicular question successful a phased manner. Some of the bridges specified arsenic the Mrunaltai extension, and Nahur ROB person been successful the pipeline since 2017-18 and are acceptable to bring immense respite to commuters. Similarly, the Carnac span was razed successful 2022 and successful the aforesaid year, the Mithi River span was conceptualised.
Administration speaks:
“To easiness the postulation question successful Mumbai we person designed a web of bridges crossed the city, astir of which volition beryllium opened this year. Instead of opting for phased opening, we are moving towards afloat completion of each task astatine a clip to supply afloat respite to citizens and to avert outgo escalation arsenic well,” Abhijit Bangar, Additional Municipal Commissioner (Projects), told The Indian Express.
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