Mumbai: New stretch of Kopri Bridge likely to open to traffic soon

WORK ON the expansion of the Kopri Bridge, which connects Thane to Mumbai, is near completion and the stretch is expected to be thrown open for public use within a fortnight.

The Rs 250 crore project of widening the bridge from an existing 4-lane stretch to an 8-lane stretch is under execution by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).

Vehicles headed to Thane city, northern Maharashtra, northern India, Kalyan Dombivali use this stretch. The expansion was needed due to the deteriorating condition of the existing bridge.

MMRDA Commissioner S V R Srinivas told The Indian Express, “It will ease traffic to Thane city and other places and also ease traffic to the Thane Railway Station.