MUMBAI, Mar. 19 – The Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai is now open and is showing a new face of development in a city oft derided for its archaic infrastructure.
The Sea Link reduces travel time between Bandra and Worli from 45 to 60 minutes to only 7 minutes and effectively links the traditional business and commercial districts of Colaba and Fort to the Bandra new business area. The Sea Link project is a part of the Western Freeway Sea Project, which in turn is a part of a larger proposal to upgrade the road transportation network of greater Mumbai. The Sea Link comprises eight lanes of traffic, two cable stayed suspension bridges, and is over 2 kilometers long in total.
This massive bridge is indicative of the infrastructural changes that are transforming the face of India. The Sea Link was semi-officially opened by the Formula 1 Red Bull team racing their car along the entire length at speeds over 265 kilometers per hour.
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The Dezan Shira & Associates Mumbai office is in Bandra. I drive across the Sealink twice a day, it’s a huge improvement. The return toll fee is Rs.75 (USD1.6)
The link is also worth following for those who can access You Tube – it contains a clip of David Coulthard’s F1 race across the SeaLink, then doing rubber burning doughnuts at the end in front of an astonished crowd. He did the 7 minute trip in less than 60 seconds.
Can’t wait for the sea link to be fully opened and for work to start on the rest of the expressway.
Things are going too slow