Airoli Bridge

Airoli Bridge
Aerial view of Airoli bridge
Coordinates	19.1507°N 72.9805°E / 19.1507; 72.9805
Carries	Road Traffic
Crosses	Thane Creek
Locale	Mulund, Mumbai and Airoli, Navi Mumbai
Official name	Airoli Bridge
Maintained by	Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation
Followed by	Vashi Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Slab and girder bridge
Total length	3,850 meters (12,630 ft)
Longest span	1,030 meters (3,379 ft)
No. of spans	19 spans of 50 meters c/c. Two end spans of 40 meters each. Two navigational spans
History
Constructed by	Afcons Infrastructure Ltd company of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and project executed by Subodh V. Kamat
Construction start	January 1994
Construction end	January 1999
Opened	1999
Statistics
Toll	₹40 For Cars. Free For 2 Wheelers.
Location

Heading west on Airoli bridge (Mulund skyline in the background)

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.

Structure

Constructed by Afcons Infrastructure Ltd company of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group and project executed by Vijay Shankar V. the 1.03 km bridge marked the development of Airoli & Thane- Belapur belt. The MSRDC collects toll on the bridge.

Geographical significance

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 Goregoan – 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.

See also

• Vikhroli Koparkhairane Link Road
• Vashi Bridge
• Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
• Sion Panvel Expressway
• Bandra Worli Sea Link
• List of longest bridges in the world
• List of longest bridges above water in India