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Date: January 17, 2025

After window-shopping at Phoenix Palladium mall followed by some skyscraper-gazing yesterday, I had to check out of Pals Hotel and head to Navi Mumbai.

Breakfast at Pals Hotel Mumbai — Breakfast was better today — egg burji, buns, and some corn flakes. Enough to fill me up.

I checked out and booked an Uber to take me across the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link a.k.a Atal Setu.

Driving to Atal Setu Mumbai — I took an Uber to Ulwe because I figured that’s the best route to ensure the driver takes the Atal Setu

Atal Setu underpass Mumbai — Because to get to where my hotel was in Navi Mumbai, the driver didn’t *have* to take the expressway

I purposely chose to go to Ulwe just to take a ride on the brand new expressway.

Atal Setu expressway crash barriers Mumbai — It cost me ₹629.93 for the Uber ride, but that included the cost of the toll

At 21.8 km, the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) is the longest sea bridge in India, and the world’s 12th longest sea bridge. It’s the fastest route connecting Mumbai with Navi Mumbai (Navi = new). The ₹17,843 crore ($2.1 billion) was 80% funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The lead contractors were Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Japan’s construction major IHI Corporation.

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