The Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link, more popularly known as the Bandra Worli Sea Link, is a bridge that links the western suburbs of Mumbai to Worli, an area in South Mumbai.
The foundation stone laid by the late Shiv Sena leader Balasaheb Thackeray, the project was commissioned by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation Limited (MSRDC). Moreover, the contract for construction was awarded to the Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), with project management led by the UK offices of Dar Al-Handasah.
The sea link happens to be an engineering marvel overlooking the Arabian Sea, amidst the hustle-bustle of Mumbai. Always filled with young crowd sharing jokes or fitness enthusiast jogging, the sea link happens to be a visual delight for the passerby.
Meanwhile, the bridge also boasts of a reliable and redundant power supply, backed up by diesel generators and auto mains failure panels for critical loads, such as monitoring, surveillance, emergency equipment and communication services including aviation and obstruction indicators.
In addition, for traffic enforcement, the bridge includes facilities for vehicles to pull over when stopped by enforcement officers or in the event of a breakdown. The bridge uses mobile explosive scanners for vehicles travelling on the sea link. Scans take less than 20 seconds for each vehicle with sensors above and below the vehicles. Over 180 cars can be scanned per hour by each scanner.
The sea link happens to be the longest bridge and the first in the country to be built over open sea offering a dream run for the ones commuting on the bridge.
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