Little Red Car Crashes and Overturns on Bridge

**kellyhound** · #1 ● 01-21-2024, 03:00 PM

This afternoon first crash on a new bridge.

The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, officially named as Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Trans Harbour Link and also known as Sewri–Nhava Sheva Trans Harbour Link and colloquially as Atal Setu, is a 21.8 km (13.5 mi) 6-lane elevated highway bridge, which connects Mumbai with Navi Mumbai, its satellite city.

It is the longest sea bridge in India, and the world's 12th longest sea bridge. The bridge begins in Sewri, South Mumbai, crosses Thane Creek north of Elephanta Island, and terminates at Chirle near Nhava Sheva in Uran taluka, Navi Mumbai.

The road is linked to the Mumbai–Pune Expressway in the east and to the under-construction Coastal Road in the west.

The 6-lane highway is 27 meters in width, in addition to two emergency exit lanes,[11] two edge strips, parallel crash barriers and noise barriers on both sides. The project costs a total of ₹17,843 crore (US$2.2 billion).

The bridge has a capacity to handle 70,000 vehicles per day. Construction on the bridge began in April 2018, and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 12 January 2024.