Title - Rail overbridge work on Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road begins

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Saturday began work on the crucial and last phase of the 4-km elevated Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road by launching two 40.5-metre girders to build a 109.8-metre rail overbridge in Kurla.The girders will form the foundation of the rail overbridge, which will connect Kurla east and west."The Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road between the western and eastern express highways is basically a missing link and launching of the girders gives us confidence of completing the project by December," said U P S Madan, metropolitan commissioner.The MMRDA will have to lay 15 girders followed by asphalt work, lighting and other works.The double-decker Santa Cruz-Chembur Link Road flyover will provide one more east-west connectivity with one arm reaching Lokamanya Tilak Nagar Terminus for commuters travelling towards north as well as south, another to Nehru Nagar in Kurla (E) and the third to L B S Marg in Kurla (W).