MUMBAI: After years of delays and legal wrangling, India's first "sea bridge" opens to traffic this
week, aiming to ease chronic congestion on
Mumbai's notoriously choked roads.
It is hoped that the 16.5-billion-rupee (340-million-dollar) eight-lane freeway will help cut the
40-minute journey between the suburbs of Bandra and Worli to just eight minutes.
But as the bridge opens on Tuesday, to ease the bottleneck of honking cars, lorries and
motorbikes on the mainland, there are hopes, too, that as well as showing off India's engineering
prowess, it can inspire other projects elsewhere.
source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Infrastructure/Mumbai-bridge-raises-
hopes-for-new-Indian-infrastructure/articleshow/4714826.cms
week, aiming to ease chronic congestion on
Mumbai's notoriously choked roads.
It is hoped that the 16.5-billion-rupee (340-million-dollar) eight-lane freeway will help cut the
40-minute journey between the suburbs of Bandra and Worli to just eight minutes.
But as the bridge opens on Tuesday, to ease the bottleneck of honking cars, lorries and
motorbikes on the mainland, there are hopes, too, that as well as showing off India's engineering
prowess, it can inspire other projects elsewhere.
source:http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Infrastructure/Mumbai-bridge-raises-
hopes-for-new-Indian-infrastructure/articleshow/4714826.cms
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