Pics: All About India's Longest Sea Bridge, Mumbai Trans Harbour Link To Be Inaugurated By PM Modi On Jan 12

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Atal Setu - the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, which is India's longest bridge built on the sea and will see the movement of more than 70,000 vehicles every day, on January 12.

The Rs 18,000-crore MTHL originates from Sewri in Mumbai and terminates at Nhava Sheva in Uran taluka in Raigad district. The project consists of an approximately 22 km long 6-tier (3+3-lane, 2 emergency lane). 16.50 kilometres of the stretch is on the sea and 5.5 km on land.

Motorists will be able to cover the distance between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai in just 20 minutes which otherwise takes 2 hours. The link will feature interchanges at Sewri in Mumbai and Shivaji Nagar, Jassi, and Chirle on National Highway 4B at the Navi Mumbai end.

The project-affected persons have been rehabilitated and the fishermen whose livelihoods have been affected by the implementation of the project have been compensated in accordance with government policies.

The maximum speed limit for four-wheelers on the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) will be 100 kmph, while motorbikes, autorickshaws and tractors won’t be allowed on the sea bridge. The speed will be restricted to 40 kmph on the ascent and descent of the bridge.

Multi-axle heavy vehicles, trucks and buses heading towards Mumbai won’t have an entry on the Eastern Freeway. These vehicles will have to use the Mumbai Port-Sewri Exit (Exit 1C) and take the MBPT Road near ‘Gadi Adda’ for further movement.

There will be no entry for vehicles like motorcycles, mopeds, three-wheelers, autos, tractors, animal-drawn vehicles and slow-moving vehicles.