The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is a 5.6-kilometre cable-stayed bridge across Mahim Bay that has become modern Mumbai's defining engineering achievement — an eight-lane toll bridge completed in 2009 that connects the western suburbs (Bandra, Juhu, the airport) to South Mumbai's business district and that cut the commute between the two from over an hour to 10 minutes. The bridge is the first cable-stayed bridge in India built over open sea.
The view of the bridge from the Bandra Bandstand promenade or from Worli Seaface at sunset — when the cables are illuminated and the towers are silhouetted against the sky — is one of Mumbai's most photographed contemporary views. The bridge uses steel wires equivalent to the circumference of the earth and concrete enough to build Tower of Pisa seven times over.
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The Sea Link is 5.6 kilometres long with 8 lanes
It was completed in 2009
It was the first cable-stayed bridge in India built over open sea
The bridge cut the Bandra-Worli commute from over an hour to 10 minutes
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Bandra Worli Sea Link, Bandra West, Mumbai, 400050, India
