The Bandra Cable Stay section of the Bandra Worli Sea Link is 600 metres in length and towers to a height of 126 metres.
The length of steel used for the cable stayed bridge of the sea-link is estimated to be close to 40,000 km while the pylons through which they are passed are approximately 180 metres, the height of a six-storey building.
The cable stay system is made up of high strength galvanized steel wires which support the cable stay bridge weighing 20,000 tonne.
Image: The Bandra-Worli Sea Link in Mumbai. | Photograph, courtesy: Hindustan Construction Company
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