The Airoli Bridge is a

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in the

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. It was constructed to establish a direct road link between

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and

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Structure

Afcons Infrastructure, a subsidiary of the

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, constructed the bridge. The bridge was made from 800

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s. The 1.03 km bridge marked the development of the

Airoli Airoli (Marathi pronunciation: �iɾoliː or Airoli Naka is a residential and commercial area of Navi Mumbai in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The name Airoli Naka is derived from Airoli-Diva Gaon the largest village prominent in the node no ...

and

Thane Thane (; previously known as Thana, List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1996) is a metropolitan city located on the northwestern side of the list of Indian states, state of Maharashtra in India and on ...

- Belapur belt. The MSRDC collects tolls on the bridge. The toll rates for small passenger cars is set at ₹40 & for Trucks & Buses s set at ₹130.

Geographical significance

A road link connecting Thane–Belapur road and Eastern Express Highway has been established by this bridge. This bridge forms a junction on Thane – Belapur road at Airoli and meets the intersection of Eastern Express Highway and Goregaon–Mulund Link Road in Mumbai. This bridge is the second bridge connecting

after the Vashi Bridge connecting the township of

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to Mankhurd. It is one of the most used bridges in Mumbai connecting Mulund to various business hubs of Navi Mumbai.

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Structure

Geographical significance

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