Overview
- MMRDA installed the first precast segment at Pier P78 on Monday, marking the project’s shift from foundations to superstructure erection.
- The 115-metre Mechanical Launching Gantry‑01 (LG‑01) placed a more than 90-tonne segment while traffic continued on the Eastern Express Highway.
- LG‑01 will erect 1,632 precast segments toward Mumbai, with a second gantry (LG‑02) and a Ground Support System handling other sections and spans assembled by longitudinal post‑tensioning.
- Project scale and progress include a 13.9 km, six‑lane corridor made from 288 typical spans and 3,732 planned precast segments, of which 135 have been cast so far.
- Foundations and piers remain under construction with reported completion at about 81% monopiles, 19% group piles, 51% piers and 33% pier caps, and the finished corridor is expected to cut South Mumbai–Thane travel times by roughly 20–30 minutes.