25,000-ton girder connecting Mumbai’s coastal road and sea link installed

By: Moneycontrol News 27.04.2024

[{"selector":"#anim-eefd5ce8-76d9-4d70-85b4-761715ca2da4 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-62.577819597142415%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has successfully connected the forthcoming Mumbai Coastal Road (MCR) with the current Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL) utilising 'tidal waves conditions' in the Arabian Sea, according to authorities here on Friday.

[{"selector":"#anim-00b99632-429c-42d9-ba0b-022fe1ad8c6d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-62.49542213570493%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The crucial milestone was reached by successfully installing the first, huge 136-meter-long Bow Arch String Girder, composed of steel and weighing about 2,000 tonnes, at 3.25 a.m. (Friday morning), joining two vital highways in south Mumbai via India's largest 'arch bridge'.

[{"selector":"#anim-8ec35590-f0cb-4964-a7a7-7fd80bea14ed [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.288909798571208%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] BMC Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, Additional Municipal Commissioner Amit Saini, and other officials observed the engineering miracle being accomplished after a nail-biting 85-minute effort in the early hours of the morning while Mumbai slept, with the gigantic girder 18-21 metres wide.

[{"selector":"#anim-aaca781a-d93c-4d44-97c3-4d00219d6364 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(59.57148091384874%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] BMC Municipal Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, Additional Municipal Commissioner Amit Saini, and other officials observed the engineering miracle being accomplished after a nail-biting 85-minute effort in the early hours of the morning while Mumbai slept, with the gigantic girder 18-21 metres wide.

[{"selector":"#anim-e0105b9d-f5b6-41ff-9c6a-32ec0bf94379 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-28.90624987200394%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] The girder began its trip on a 25,000-tonne barge from Mazagon Docks on Wednesday at 12.30 p.m. and arrived in Worli Bay at 4 a.m. the next day, awaiting additional processing.