Introduction
The Vashi Bridge, also known as Thane Creek Bridge, is a bridge, built across the Thane Creek that
connects the city of Mumbai at Navi Mumbai. The bridge links the suburb of Mankhurd in Mumbai
with Vashi in Navi Mumbai. It is one of four entry points into Mumbai (other three being the Airoli
Bridge, Mulund check naka and Dahisar check naka), and handles traffic directed towards the
region to the south and east of Mumbai.
The first bridge to connect Mumbai to Navi Mumbai was conceived by Adi Kanga and was built in
1973. The bridge is 1837m in length. Within two years of its opening to traffic, corrosion cracks
were noted on the bottom side of the stressed girders. This led to a series of extensive repairs
including external stressing’s. It was simultaneously decided to construct a new bridge to replace
the faulty one.
Construction on a new bridge began in 1987 and opened to traffic in 1997. The original Vashi
Bridge or the 1st Thane Creek Bridge remains closed to traffic. This bridge was constructed by U.P
State Bridge Corporation Ltd. for which it was awarded the most outstanding concrete structure
award.
The new bridge is also known as the 2nd Thane Creek Bridge. The lane expansion work on Vashi
Bridge is likely to begin. As the roads are maintained by the Maharashtra State Road Development
Corporation Limited (MSRDC) it charges toll for the people using the roads while going out of
Mumbai and entering Mumbai.
Target Base
Owner of 4 wheelers and heavy loaders
Working class people who uses the road on a daily basis
Heavy vehicle users who passes by the road
Travelers who like to travel to outskirts of the city
Travelers who like to enter the city and use the city roads
SWOT Analysis
Strength
o Consistent increase in profit and revenue
o Making its presence felt by increase in social activities
o Customer Satisfaction
o Generating Employment
Weakness
o Damages done due to RIOTS
o Political leaders interference
o Rash drivers avoiding the tolls
o Criticisms on building the bridge on the sea
Opportunity
o Highway roads development
o Leveraging new technology platforms
o Attraction for foreign engineers for the erection of infrastructure in Indian road
network
o Employment opportunity
o Revenue generation for government
Threat
o Logistics Industry facing issues
o Delays in project completion due to higher authorities interference
o Struggle of securing the land rights
o Lack of transparency
o Inadequate funding
o High capital expenditure
o Pollution while the erection of the infrastructure
o Too much traffic in the surrounding area due the toll plazas
Location
Mumbai Highway, Vashi Village, Sector 13, vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 400703 (Khadi Pul
Navi Mumbai Toll Naka) is selected such as it is:-
Connecting two cities
One of the four entry points for entering into Mumbai
Development of infrastructure taking place on both the sides of the toll plaza
Rates at Vashi Toll Naka
Vehicles Rates (Rs.)
Cars/Jeeps 35/-
Light Motor Vehicles 55/-
Bus and Trucks 105/-
Multi Axel Vehicles 135/-
Ratings
I met the toll naka guy at Vashi Toll. He shared his work pattern and helped me a lot to know a lot
more about them and their daily stressful work under the hot sun. According to me I rate myself a
9/10 as not only meeting the toll naka guy during the rush hours was a difficult task but also
knowing about them personally was a great difficulty.
Group efforts, collectively rated at 9 as everyone worked very hard and they managed to meet the
toll naka guy even during the rush hour which helped us to get information easily.
