Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link 5 facts about India's longest sea bridge

4 interesting facts about India's longest sea bridge, the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link

The public will be able to use India's longest sea bridge, the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL), in November.

Eknath Shinde, the chief minister of Maharashtra, stated on Wednesday that the public would be allowed to use the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL), the country's longest sea bridge, in November. Shinde estimates that 90 percent of the civil construction on the bridge has already been finished.

Detailed information about the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link is as follows:

1. According to an MMRDA statement, the project will receive an Official Development Assistance (ODA) financing from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
2. By linking Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the bridge would boost connectivity in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region by reducing traffic congestion and fostering economic growth. It would make it possible for people to travel in 15 to 20 minutes from Sewri in downtown Mumbai to Chirle in Navi Mumbai.
3. The 180-meter-long, 2,300-metric-ton first longest orthotropic steel deck (OSD) in package 2 of the MTHL was successfully launched by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday.
4. According to CM Eknath Shinde, the Open Tolling System would eliminate the need for passing cars to halt on the bridge to pay tolls (OTS).