Airoli Bridge
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Airoli Bridge | |
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 Aerial view of Airoli bridge | |
| Coordinates | 19°09′03″N 72°58′50″E / 19.1507°N 72.9805°ECoordinates: 19°09′03″N 72°58′50″E / 19.1507°N 72.9805°E |
| Carries | Road Traffic |
| Crosses | Thane Creek |
| Locale | Mulund, Mumbai and Airoli, Navi Mumbai |
| Official name | Airoli Bridge |
| Maintained by | Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation |
| Followed by | Vashi Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Slab and girder bridge |
| Total length | 3,850 meters (12,630 ft) |
| Longest span | 1,030 meters (3,379 ft) |
| No. of spans | 19 spans of 50 meters c/c. Two end spans of 40 meters each. Two navigational spans |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Afcons Infrastructure Ltd and project executed by Subodh V. Kamat |
| Construction start | January 1994 |
| Construction end | January 1999 |
| Opened | 1999 |
| Statistics | |
| Toll | ₹35 For Cars. Free For 2 Wheelers. |
The Airoli Bridge is a bridge in the Mumbai metropolitan area of India. It was constructed to establish a direct road link between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.[1]
Structure[edit]
Constructed by Afcons Infrastructure Ltd and project executed by Vijay Shankar V. the 1.03 km bridge marked the development of Airoli & Thane- Belapur belt. The MSRDC collects toll on the bridge.[2]
Geographical significance[edit]
A road link connecting Thane–Belapur road and Eastern Express Highway has been established by this bridge. This bridge forms a junction on Thane - Belapur road at Airoli and meets the intersection of Eastern Express Highway and Goregoan - Mulund link road in Mumbai. This bridge is the second bridge connecting Mumbai to Navi Mumbai after the Vashi Bridge connecting the township of Vashi to Mankhurd.
See also[edit]
- Vikhroli Koparkhairane Link Road
- Vashi Bridge
- Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
- Sion Panvel Expressway
- Bandra Worli Sea Link
- List of longest bridges in the world
- List of longest bridges above water in India
References[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Airoli Bridge. |
- ^ http://www.msrdc.org/Projects/Airoli_Bridge.aspx
- ^ Shaikh, Ateeq (24 September 2014). "Mumbai: Pay nearly 17% more for toll from October 1". Daily News and Analysis. Mumbai. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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