Sion Panvel Highway

Sion Panvel Expressway
शीव पनवेल महामार्ग
Route information
Length: 25 km (16 mi)
Major junctions
West end: Sion, Mumbai Suburban
East end: Mumbai Pune Expressway at Kalamboli junction near Panvel, Navi Mumbai.
Location
States: Maharashtra in  India
Districts: Mumbai Suburban district, Mumbai City, Raigad, Thane
Major cities: Mumbai, Navi Mumbai
Highway system

The Sion Panvel Expressway is a 25 km Indian highway connecting the Sion to Panvel via Navi Mumbai in the state of Maharashtra.[1] It is one of the busiest and most important roads in the Mumbai Metropolitan Area and connects Mumbai with the city of Pune. National Highway 4 and Mumbai Pune Expressway meet the eastern end of Sion Panvel Highway at Kalamboli junction near Panvel. The highway is also used by vehicles traveling towards Mumbai from Konkan and Goa.

As of September 2014, stretch of the highway east of Vashi Bridge within the city of Navi Mumbai has been fully widened and concretized to 10 lanes (5 lanes in each direction).[2] New fyovers have been built at Sanpada railway station, Nerul, Uran phata and Kamothe. A toll plaza built between Taloja and Kamothe for recovering the construction cost is currently not operational after the Maharashtra state government defered decision on toll collection.[3]

Major connections

Following major highways cross the Sion Panvel Highway

Important destinations

Sion Panvel Highway serves the following nodes of the city of Navi Mumbai.

Intersections

Sion-Panvel Highway intersects following important roads.

Widening and Concretization

Tpll Plaza at Taloja

The project consists of [4]

  1. Widening of the existing bituminous road to 5+5 lanes with concrete pavements.
  2. Central 3+3 lanes to be access controlled.
  3. The Service roads to be provided whenever required for about 6.29 kilometres.
  4. Provision of signal free passage for through traffic
  5. 3 new Flyovers at Kamothe Junction, Sanpada Junction & Uran Junction.
  6. Duplication of flyovers at Taloja and Chembur Mankhurd Link Road junctions.
  7. Pedestrian crossing Underpasses at 10 locations.
  8. Foot over Bridges at 3 locations.
  9. Geometric Junction improvements as per standards.
  10. Toll plaza at Vashi to be upgraded to 8+8 lanes, Toll fee at prescribed rates (current rate)and Toll period to be quoted by BOT Contractor.
  11. Landscaping / Beautification of entire project corridor including Median plantation, Road side plantation, Landscaping and Beautification below flyovers.
  12. Renovation / upgradation of existing flyovers, structures.
  13. Electrification of entire project corridor.
  14. Operation and Maintenance of Project Facilities up to the end of toll period quoted by BOT Contractor.

Gallery

Aerial view of a fully concretized 10-lane stretch near Kharghar railway station. 
Rockfall protection meshing between Nerul and CBD Belapur. 
Foot Over Bridge near Juinagar railway station. 
Exit sign for Palm Beach Marg at Vashi. 
Exit sign for CBD Belapur. 
Exit sign for Kharghar. 

References

  1. ↑ Katkurwar, Saurabh. (2012-01-06) Sion-Panvel highway to be 10-lane in 3 yrs. Mid-day.com. Retrieved on 2013-12-06.
  2. ↑ "Sion-Panvel highway cuts travel time". DNAIndia.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  3. ↑ "Ajit Pawar vetoes Sion-Panvel toll naka, asks CIDCO to foot the bill". MumbaiMirror.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22. The Toll collection has started and now the people travelling from Mumbai to Pune and vice versa have to pay 3 tolls. For a car it would be 195+35+35 = Rs265 one side
  4. ↑ From May 2014, zip down a 10-lane Sion-Panvel highway - Mumbai - DNA. Dnaindia.com. Retrieved on 2013-12-06.