The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) :
The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), known as Atal Setu named after former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on January 12.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) on January 12, marking a historic milestone in India’s infrastructure development. The 21.8-kilometre-long bridge between Sewri in Mumbai and the Nhava Sheva area in Raigad district will bring down the journey from the current two hours to around 15-20 minutes. It is also known as Atal Setu, honouring the late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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- The Mumbai police have imposed the speed limit on India’s longest sea bridge to curb “danger, obstructions and inconvenience to the public”, the official said.
- The ₹ 18,000-crore MTHL originates from Sewri in Mumbai and terminates at Nhava Sheva in Uran taluka in Raigad district.
- Multi-axle heavy vehicles, trucks and buses heading towards Mumbai won’t have an entry on the Eastern Freeway, he said.
- These vehicles will have to use the Mumbai Port-Sewri Exit (Exit 1C) and take the MBPT Road near ‘Gadi Adda’ for further movement, he said.
- There will be no entry for vehicles like motorcycles, mopeds, three-wheelers, autos, tractors, animal-drawn vehicles and slow-moving vehicles, he said.
- The MTHL is a 6-lane sea link, with 16.50 kilometres of the stretch 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 MTHL is a 6-lane sea link, with 16.50 kilometres of the stretch on the sea and 5.5 km on land.