The first 20 km is a bridge—a 4.5-km-long —slicing through mangroves. Fishermen in their hodi (boats) look up as test vehicles hum overhead, a silent promise of connectivity.
Just before , a brand-new, 8-km bridge appears on the map—a feeder arm connecting the VAMC directly to the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewri–Nhava Sheva Sea Link . This is the masterstroke. A car from Virar can now reach downtown Mumbai in 45 minutes without ever touching a traffic light . virar alibaug multimodal corridor route map
Or, more importantly, a truck carrying vegetables from Alibaug farms can reach the wholesale markets of Vasai in under 2 hours, without ever entering Mumbai’s infamous crawl. The first 20 km is a bridge—a 4
The plan, first drawn on tired government blueprints, was audacious: a 126-km-long, 8-lane expressway, flanked by a dedicated rail corridor, running from the northern suburb of Virar to the southern port town of Alibaug. It wouldn't just bypass Mumbai. It would unburden it. This is the masterstroke