Ghatkopar to Mankhurd bridge cuts half-hour ride to 3 minutes
MUMBAI: A grimy half-hour journey between Ghatkopar and Mankhurd has just been cut short to a little over three minutes.
On Sunday, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated a 2.9km flyover connecting Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Marg and Sion-Panvel highway. Work on the six-lane bridge was initially expected to be completed by January 2019, but got delayed due to a change in design so that a connector till the Deonar dumping ground could be added.
All vehicles coming from Eastern Express Highway and Santacruz-Chembur Link Road can use the flyover, which is also expected to ease heavy vehicle traffic since the bridge is a crucial connector to highways leading towards the Konkan and Bengaluru.
