Bridge Name: | Airoli Bridge |
Official Name: | Airoli Bridge |
Carries: | Road Traffic |
Crosses: | Thane Creek |
Locale: | Mulund, Mumbai and Airoli, Navi Mumbai |
Maint: | Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation |
Design: | Slab and girder bridge |
Spans: | 19 spans of 50 meters c/c. Two end spans of 40 meters each. Two navigational spans |
Mainspan: | 1,030 meters (3,379 ft) |
Length: | 3,850 meters (12,630 ft) |
Builder: | Afcons Infrastructure Ltd company of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and project executed by Subodh V. Kamat |
Begin: | January 1994 |
Complete: | January 1999 |
Open: | 1999 |
Preceded: | Kalwa Bridge |
Followed: | Vashi Bridge |
Toll: | 40 For Cars. Free For 2 Wheelers. |
Coordinates: | 19.1507°N 72.9805°W deprecated --> |
Coordinates: | 19.1507°N 72.9805°W |
The Airoli Bridge is a bridge in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region of India. It was constructed to establish a direct road link between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai.[1]
The Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, company of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, constructed the bridge and the project was executed by S.V. Kamath. The bridge was made from 800 box girders.[2] The 1.03 km bridge marked the development of the Airoli and Thane-Belapur belt. The MSRDC collects tolls on the bridge.[3] The toll rates for small passenger cars is set at ₹40[4] & for Trucks & Buses s set at ₹130.
A road link connecting Thane–Belapur road and Eastern Express Highway has been established by this bridge. This bridge forms a junction on Thane – Belapur road at Airoli and meets the intersection of Eastern Express Highway and Goregaon–Mulund Link Road in Mumbai. This bridge is the second bridge connecting Mumbai to Navi Mumbai after the Vashi Bridge connecting the township of Vashi to Mankhurd. It is one of the most used bridges in Mumbai connecting Mulund to various business hubs of Navi Mumbai.