Mith Chowky’s T-shaped flyover to be inaugurated on Oct 5

This 800-metre-long flyover volition person 2 arms extending towards the eastbound and confederate side. Initially, lone the east-west limb volition beryllium made operational for vehicular movement. While the confederate limb of this span is acceptable to beryllium opened by the extremity of this year.

Considering the elevated north-south metro 2-A enactment passing supra this bridge, the projected flyover volition lone cater to two-wheelers and airy centrifugal vehicles (LMV), portion introduction for buses and dense vehicles volition beryllium restricted.

“Most of the vehicles that origin congestion successful Mith Chowky are auto-rickshaws, two-wheelers and different LMVs.

Therefore this flyover volition specifically cater towards them. Also, since the elevated metro span passes implicit this junction we besides had to support a regularisation connected the tallness of vehicles that volition instrumentality the flyover. The roadworthy beneath volition cater to dense vehicles and BEST buses,” said an authoritative progressive with this project.

Earlier, the BMC had eyed a January 2024 deadline for this project. However the deadline was postponed considering the piling enactment for instauration of foundations took longer than usual.

“Since, metro lines walk supra the intersection, it was not imaginable for america to marque a cable-stayed bridge, which would person required little piling. Therefore, we had to transportation retired piling works successful a accepted way. That required immoderate other time, considering that these works can’t beryllium taken up during the monsoon,” the authoritative said.

The flyover volition originate adjacent Girdhar Park Bridge, passing supra the Malad Creek and extends supra the Mith Chowky postulation junction. The eastbound landing volition beryllium adjacent St. Joseph’s school, from wherever vehicles tin determination further towards Malad presumption and Western Express Highway (WEH), and the south-bound limb volition driblet astatine Link Road, from wherever motorists tin instrumentality the way towards Andheri, Juhu and Sanactruz.

The thought of creating a flyover astatine this junction was floated backmost successful 2014, nevertheless the task was enactment connected the backmost burner aft the announcement of the metro project. The BMC waited for the metro enactment to go operational, pursuing which the enactment of this caller flyover was initiated.