The Bridge on Thane Creek
IN 1959, the S G Barve-headed Study Group for Greater Bombay suggested the construction of a rail-cum-road bridge over the Thane Creek, which, it felt, would open up new areas for industrial development and absorption of the increasing population of Greater Bombay. Fourteen years after the suggestion was first made, a two-lane bridge with an aim to provide an east-west axis between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai was constructed in 1973.
This bridge laid the grounds for the emergence of Navi Mumbai as a counter magnet to Mumbai city. Five decades down the line, the Maharashtra government is planning to construct a third bridge over the Thane Creek to provide connectivity to Navi Mumbai and beyond.
