Mumbai Trans Harbour Sea Link | |
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Carries | 6 lanes of Highway, Double Metro Lines |
Crosses | Thane Creek |
Locale | Mumbai, India |
Owner | MMRDA |
Total length | 22 kilometers (14 mi) |
Construction end | 2017(proposed) |
Mumbai Trans Harbour Link or Sewri-Nhava Sheva transharbour link will be a 22km, freeway grade road metro line bridge crossing the Thane Creek in Mumbai, India. The bridge will begin in the area of Sewri, South Mumbai, crossing Thane Creek north of Elephanata Island and will end at Nhava Sheva. The road will be linked to the Mumbai Pune Expressway in the East, and to the Western Freeway Mumbai in the West. The Sea Link will contain 6 lanes Highway and a dual Metro line. The Metro Line will extended to under construction Navi Mumbai International Airport and key to make Navi Mumbai Airport a success.[1][2][3] Expected completion date is 2017.[4]
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has appointed Arup Consultancy Engineers and KPMG to conduct the techno-economic feasibility of the MTHL in August 2011 and expected to submit their report by October 2012. [5] The project will be based on a public-private-partnership model and bids will be invited during November 2011.[6]