In January 2025, the BMC opened the linking bow-string arch span that connects the BWSL with the coastal road. (Photo: X/@mybmc)
One much postulation limb of Mumbai Coastal Road astatine the Haji Ali postulation interchange was opened connected Wednesday morning. This postulation limb volition let vehicles travelling towards Marine Drive to straight participate the coastal roadworthy and ply connected the southbound carriageway of the high-speed connector.
Prior to this, south-bound vehicles would participate the coastal roadworthy either from the Worli interchange oregon the Amarson’s interchange isolated from the nonstop connectivity that is provided via the Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL). The Haji Ali interchange comprises 8 vehicular arms, which is followed by the Amarson’s and Worli interchange comprising 4 5 and 4 arms each. After this, lone 1 limb awaits opening astatine the Worli interchange that would supply nonstop connectivity towards the BWSL to northbound vehicles coming from Worli.
“The arms of the interchanges were being opened successful a phased mode since the equilibrium works similar evening the roadworthy surfaces were underway. Now lone 1 limb remains, which volition beryllium opened by america successful the adjacent 1 month,” said a civic official.
“We besides had to conception vehicular parking spaces for the postulation arms, arsenic a effect of which the opening of these arms took immoderate time,” the authoritative added. Prior to this, vehicular arms astatine the Haji Ali interchange were opened successful December 2024.
Meanwhile, successful January 2025, the BMC opened the linking bow-string arch span that connects the BWSL with the coastal road. Built astatine a outgo of Rs 13,000 crore, the 10.58 km high-speed corridor has brought down question clip to little than 10 minutes, earlier erstwhile it utilized to instrumentality astir an hour.
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