Atal Setu inauguration LIVE updates: PM Modi to inaugurate India's longest sea bridge in Mumbai today
₹30,500 crore during his visit to Maharashtra.He will inaugurate the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri-Nhava Sheva Atal Setu built at a cost of about ₹17,840 crore. Atal Setu is the longest bridge in India and also the longest sea bridge in the country.Join us to read the LIVE updates on PM Modi's visit to Mumbai on 12 January:The maximum speed limit for four-wheelers on the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) will be 100 kmph.The speed will be restricted to 40 kmph on the ascent and descent of the bridge.There will be no entry for vehicles like motorcycles, mopeds, three-wheelers, autos, tractors, animal-drawn vehicles and slow-moving vehicles.PM Modi will also lay the foundation stone of the underground road tunnel connecting Eastern Freeway's Orange Gate to Marine Drive.
The 9.2-km-long tunnel will be built at a cost of more than ₹8,700 crore.Atal Setu is about 21.8 km long six-lane bridge having about 16.5 km length over sea and about 5.5 km on the land. The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link has been constructed at a total cost of more than ₹17,840 crore.The bridge will also reduce the travel time from Mumbai to Pune, Goa and South India.Prime Minister Modi will inaugurate the Atal Setu/MTHL bridge in Mumbai on Friday.
The inauguration ceremony of Mumbai's MTHL bridge will take place at around 3:30 pm on Friday. PM Modi will travel on India's longest sea bridge from INS Shikra in Colaba to Navi Mumbai near an upcoming airport site.The toll for the Sewri-Shivaji Nagar (Ulwe) stretch has been fixed at ₹200 and ₹50 for the 2.5 km Shivai Nagar-Gavhan stretch.The toll for a return trip will be 1.5 times the one-way charge.The Atal Setu or MTHL bridge will be open for commuters on Saturday morning.PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Atal
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