Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday inaugurated the northbound bridge of the Mumbai Coastal Road and the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Deputy CM Eknath Shinde, and ministers Ashish Shelar and Mangal Prabhat Lodha were present on the occasion.
Along with the bridge, the chief minister inaugurated three interchanges which will connect to Worli, Prabhadevi, Lower Parel and Lotus Junction.
Coastal Road will be open for traffic from 7 am to midnight, said the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a release on Friday. Northbound bridge will be open for public from January 27.
In the absence of the northbound bridge, both north and south bound traffic was being diverted on to the southbound bridge which was opened for public a few months back, it said.
Northbound bridge is 827 metres long, 699 metres over the sea and 128 metres access road.
Bridge has a 143-metre long, 27-metre wide and 31-metre high ‘Bo Arch String Girder’ weighing approximately 2,400 metric tons, said the release.
Mumbai Coastal Road Project is being developed in phases to provide faster access from south Mumbai to northern suburbs from Nariman Point to Dahisar.
Almost 94% of first phase of the coastal road, covering 10.58 km from Shamal Das Gandhi Marg to Worli-Bandra Sea Link is complete, said the release.
More than 50 lakh vehicles have used the coastal road from March 12 to December 31, 2024. Daily average is 18,000-20,000 vehicles, it added.
Shinde is the guardian minister of Mumbai city. Shelar is the guardian minister of Mumbai suburbs, while Lodha is co-guardian minister.
