The Bandra Worli Sea Link(BWSL) has been continuously making news since a month now.So,me being enthusiastic about the same could n't resist myself from publishing a post!
To begin with The BWSL is an 8-lane cable stayed bridge which will link Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli & central Mumbai and is the first phase of the proposed West Island Freeway system. The Rs.1600 crore project is being executed by Hindustan Construction Company.The bridge was innaugurated on July 1,2009 by congress chairperson Sonia Gandhi.It will enable speedy travel between Bandra & Worli cutting travel times from 60 minutes to just 15 minutes.An estimated 1,25000 vehicles will be using it daily!Almost 10 crores will be spent for illuminating alone.
Now that every1 is going gaga over the new landmark,it would n't have been possible without the 77 year old man behind it... A 1958 Post-Graduate in Structural Engineering from Madras University, Seshadri Srinivasan is must be 1 o' the most happiest persons alive! When asked about the no. of bridges he has designed..He pauses for a few second n tap comes the reply.."It would be safe to say I designed my 100th bridge a long time ago!!! Indeed he has to his credit The JJ Flyover,the Jamarat Bridge in the holy city of Mecca,which is used by Muslims during Haj in the stoning-of-devil ritual.Hats-off to You Sir.By the time my Addictive Mind wrtes more abt it..njoy the Videos attached.
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