Mumbai Trans Harbour Link: End-to-end connectivity achieved on right side, CM to travel on India’s longest sea bridge

With this development, work on the bridge’s right-hand side (RHS) is complete. Ancillary works, such as waterproofing on the bridge, laying off bitumen, cement and installing crash barriers, will continue.

Package 1 work, being carried out by the L&T–IHI consortium, is a 10.38 km stretch having one interchange at Sewri connecting with the Eastern Freeway.

Package 2 is 7.807 km having Shivaji Nagar interchange connecting Navi Mumbai JNPT, Ulwe and airport areas.

Package 1 and 2 are on sea, whereas Package 3 is on land, comprising a 3.613 km stretch at Chirle side and being carried out by L&T.

It has an interchange connecting state highway 54 and chirle interchange connecting NH4 Mumbai Pune Highway.

In the open deck BEST bus, the chief minister will have a panoramic view of the seabridge that is expected to be opened to traffic by November this year.

According to MMRDA officials, to mark the moment of the ‘Golden Joint’ of Package 1 with Package 2, a boom barrier will be lifted when Shinde enters the site.

The right-hand side of the MTHL bridge is meant for traffic movement from Sewri in South Mumbai to Chirle in Navi Mumbai.

An official said that four concrete span deck works for the left-hand side of the MTHL bridge in Package 1 are expected to be completed by June.

SVR Srinivas, MMRDA Commissioner said that it is one of the crucial milestones achieved in the MTHL project. “MTHL is a crucial project as it will be the engine of economic growth by bringing the island city closer to the mainland. Moreover, a huge landmass will get added with just 15/20 minutes of travel time with this bridge. Massive developmental change is expected with the coming up of MTHL.” Srinivas added that for the first time one can travel 10 kms via the bridge, which was previously possible only through sea.

In Package 2, the steel and concrete spans on both right-hand and left-hand sides have been completed. A Daewoo-TATA joint venture is carrying out this Package.

Once completed, the 22-km-long sea bridge (16 km on sea and six km on land) will reduce the road distance between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai and the travel time to one-fourth.

The project is envisaged to improve connectivity between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai; accelerate the growth of Navi Mumbai; smoothen the traffic flow from Navi Mumbai airport to Mumbai; and enable greater economic integration of Mumbai with Navi Mumbai and with the extended regions of Pune, Goa, Panvel, and Alibaug.