Did You Know These Cool Facts About The Bandra-Worli Sea Link?

The Bandra Worli Sea Link was conceptualized in the late ’90s to be India’s first eight-lane, cable-stayed freeway over the open sea.

There were several changes in the design that led to the increase in cost of construction of this revolutionary bridge. The final costs ballooned to Rs 16.5 billion from Rs 13.06 billion.

Though the construction of the sea link started in 2000, it was completed only in 2010 after being opened to public use in 2009

It was named after Rajiv Gandhi, a former Prime Minister of India.

Seshadri Srinivas, the designer of the sea link has not only designed Mumbai’s JJ flyover, but also the Jamarat Bridge in Mecca.

It took him three attempts to finalize the design for the architectural marvel, a savior for Mumbaikars. The 5.6 km bridge does, as a matter of fact reduce commutation time between Worli, and the Suburbs of Bandra from 60-90 minutes to under 10 minutes.

One of the coolest facts about Mumbai’s much-loved bridge is the fact that its weight is equal to the weight of 56,000 African Elephants put together, after all, 90,000 tons of cement was used to build this beauty.

All the steel cables put together would probably be as long as the circumference of the earth and each one of them is strong enough to hold 900 tons of weight.

Construction of the sea link was not only worked on by aced groups from India but groups from 11 other countries including Egypt, China, Canada, Switzerland, Britain, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Serbia.