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The Bandra–Worli Sea Link Northern viaduct of BWSL in the foreground seen against the Worli skyline. View from Bandra Fort Sunset View of Bandra Worli Sea Link from Dadar Chowpatty spanning over Mahim Bay. Mahim Causeway was the only road connecting the western suburbs to Mumbai's central business district. This north-southwestern corridor ...
The Bandra-Worli Sea Link. The Bandra-Worli Sea Link was opened to traffic on 30 June 2009. The Sea Link reduces travel time between Bandra and Worli from 45 to 60 minutes to 7 minutes. The link has an average daily traffic of around 37,500 vehicles per day. The toll charged is ₹ 70 (84¢ US) for one-way and ₹ 105 (US$1.30) for a return ...
The Sewri–Worli connector, also called Sewri–Worli elevated corridor (SWEC), will connect the Bandra–Worli Sea Link and the under-construction Coastal Road with the MTHL. [184] It will be a four-lane, 17 metre-wide and 4.512 km-long cable-stayed bridge, [185] with a height of 27 metres. [186]
As of 2024, Mumbai currently has 3 major operational or under construction sea-links: The Bandra–Worli Sea Link bridge is one of the longest bridges in the country, opened in 2009. It connects the suburbs of Bandra and Worli, and carries around 32,000 vehicles daily as of 2018. [3] The Trans Harbour Link is the longest
The sea connects it with Bandra via the Bandra-Worli Sea Link. Historic spellings include Warli, Worlee, Varli, and Varel. [1] Originally Worli was a separate island, one of the Seven Islands of Bombay which were ceded by the Portuguese to England in 1661; it was linked up with the other islands in the 19th century.
The Bandra–Worli Sea Link (BWSL), officially the Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, [5] is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete viaduct approaches, which links Bandra in West Mumbai with Worli and Nariman Point, and is the first phase of the proposed West Island Freeway system.
Bandra is the last southern point from Mumbai where auto rickshaws ply. Beyond Bandra, entering Mahim, only taxis are allowed to ply. The Bandra–Worli Sea Link bridge connects Bandra West with Worli, located in central Mumbai. Due to Bandra's central location, most parts of the city are easily accessible.
Mahim Bay is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west and the neighborhoods of Mahim and Bandra to the east. It extends from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in the north to the Mahim Causeway in the south. The bay encompasses an area of approximately 15 square kilometers and serves as a natural inlet along Mumbai's coastline.