Monday, September 21, 2009

The Bandra- Worli Sea Link



INAUGURATED on June 30, 2009.cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete viaduct approaches,

which links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai.

Sea link project conceived in the 1990s,

Plagued by PILs- fishermen & environmentalists,

Executed by Hindustan Construction Company,

Illumination by Bajaj Electricals, Rs 9 crore,

8 lanes,

Length of bridge (4.7km): 63 times the Qutub Minar,

Weight of bridge (6.7L tonnes): 50,000 African elephants,

424 cables for main roadway: can support 900 tons each,

Length of steel wire used (37,680km): Nearly the earth's circumference,

Concrete used: 2.3 lakh cubic metres,

Height of main towers (126m): 43-storey buidling,

Pile caps: Bridge rests on 135 pile caps, the largest being 55 m in length and 55 m in

breadth (half a football field),

Peak-hour sweat: 4,000 workers and 150 engineers.




 

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