The projects are expected to improve connectivity, ease congestion and, in Sion, pave the way for additional railway lines. Motorists are set to get relief at three key traffic bottlenecks, with the Sion bridge, Vidyavihar flyover and Goregaon flyover on the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) scheduled to open on Thursday.
The Goregaon flyover measures 1.26 kilometres and has three lanes in each direction. The Vidyavihar flyover has a total length of 650 metres. The old bridge, which was 112 years old, was declared unsafe, necessitating reconstruction. The Vidyavihar flyover features a two-lane carriageway with a width ranging from 15.5 metres to 17.5 metres. Its total stretch measures 650 metres, comprising a 100-metre bridge over railway tracks, a 220-metre eastern approach road and a 330-metre western approach road. The 650-metre Vidyavihar flyover includes a 100-metre bridge over railway tracks, an eastern approach road measuring 220 metres and a western approach road measuring 330 metres.
The old bridge at Sion was declared unsafe, necessitating its reconstruction. A reconstructed railway overbridge has been placed near Sion station. The project is expected to facilitate Central Railway’s plan to lay the fifth and sixth railway lines between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and Kurla. Located at the Ratnagiri Hotel junction in Goregaon (East), it forms part of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road (GMLR) project. It connects Ramchandra Chembrur Marg in the east with Lal Bahadur Shastri Road in the west, crossing the railway tracks near Vidyavihar station. The Goregaon flyover is located at the Ratnagiri Hotel junction in Goregaon (East) and forms part of the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road project. It is expected to ease congestion around General Arun Kumar Vaidya Marg, Dindoshi court, Ratnagiri Hotel junction and Walbhat River junction. The reconstructed Sion bridge will facilitate Central Railway’s plan to lay the fifth and sixth railway lines between CSMT and Kurla. The bridge project is linked to the planned addition of railway lines, while the three flyovers are expected to improve connectivity and ease congestion. It connects Ramchandra Chembrur Marg and Lal Bahadur Shastri Road across railway tracks near Vidyavihar station. These sections make up the total flyover stretch.
The flyover is among the three projects scheduled to open on Thursday, with the overall infrastructure works expected to improve connectivity and ease congestion. The project is among the three flyovers scheduled to open on Thursday, with the overall projects expected to improve connectivity and ease congestion at key traffic bottlenecks.
