The BMC is set to open the second arm of the Mumbai Coastal Road Project's (MCRP) bow-string bridge by 26 January, 2025. This will directly link the coastal road and the Bandra Worli Sea Link (BWSL).

On November 27 this year, the BMC completed the installation of the final girders for the bowstring bridge. With the opening of the bridge for southbound traffic, the entire structure will now be fully operational. Currently, the bow-string arch bridge, which connects the coastal road to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, is partially open for northbound traffic (on the southbound carriageway).

According to BMC officials, the bow-string arch bridge is the longest of its kind in India to span across an open sea. The opening of the bridge will mark a significant step towards the completion of the first phase of the MCRP, which was partially inaugurated in March this year.

While the BMC had opened the southern arm from Worli to Marine Drive on 11 March, 2024, the northern flank linking Marine Drive and Haji Ali was opened on 11 June and the final 3.5 km stretch between Haji Ali and Worli became operational from 11 July. 

It has opened the sixth arm of the Haji Ali interchange towards Worli for traffic. However, two more interchanges, connecting Haji Ali to Marine Drive, the seventh connecting Worli to Lotus Jetty Junction are likely to be commissioned by May 2025.