The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is all set to become the new landmark of Mumbai. After commissioning it is all set to change the way of travel on this stretch of western Mumbai. It is a 4.7 kilometer, eight-lane link. It promises to cut travel time between Lovegrove Junction in Worli to Mahim Junction, which ranges between 35 minutes to an hour during peak hour traffic at present.
The Bandra-Worli Sea Link will be an engineering masterpiece once finished. It weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants, the tallest tower equals a 43-storey building and steel wires that could be lined up to form the circumference of the earth have been used to make it. Each of the concrete girders weighs more than 150 metric tonnes. The massive cranes help move the girders. A 96-wheel trolley helps carry the enormous structure to fit one into another and form a continuation of a bridge that will go on and connect to the other end. Come December 2008, one side will be opened for use. Six months later the project will be completed, after which it will then be stretched on, all the way up to Nariman Point. Mumbaikars will have to wait a couple of years more for this to be finished.
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