Bandra Worli Sealink Has Wires length Equal To Earth's Circumference!!

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         Bandra-Worli Sea Link officially known as Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link,is a cable-stayed bridge with pre-stressed concrete-steel viaducts on either side that links Bandra in the Western Suburbs of Mumbai with Worli in South Mumbai.The eight-lane sealink, constructed at a cost of ₹1,600 crore, is the first cable-stayed bridge on open sea in India. Its weight is equivalent to that of 50,000 African elephants and its length is 63 times that of Qutub Minar. In all 90,000 tons of cement has been used which could easily construct five buildings of 10 storey each.

      The length of steel wires used in the construction of the Bandra-Worli sealink, Mumbai, is equivalent to the earth’s circumference i.e- 40,075 Km. Each cable can take a weight of approximately 900 tons. It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion.

The Rs 16 billion (US$250 million) bridge was commissioned by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC), and built by the Hindustan Construction Company. The first four of the eight lanes of the bridge were opened to the public on 30 June 2009. All eight lanes were opened on 24 March 2010.The sea-link helps reduce the travel time between Bandra and Worli during peak hours from 60-90 minutes to   approximately 20-30 minutes. It experiences an average daily traffic of around 37,500 vehicles.

      
Referred from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandra%E2%80%93Worli_Sea_Link