Design of Coastal Road in Mumbai City

The Western Freeway is a transportation infrastructure project in Mumbai, India that envisions the construction of multiple bridges over the Arabian Sea to reduce traffic-congestion between the Western Suburbs and the island city. The freeway will stretch from Marine Drive in South Mumbai to Kandivli in the north, a distance of 35.6 km. This study is carried out to develop alternative roads by Coastal Routes and to increase average travel speed of vehicles in Mumbai City. This research aims to assess the influence of increase in traffic intensity in Mumbai city. In this paper we estimated the total length of coastal road to examine the various options in the construction of a coastal road including road on stilt or sea link in Mumbai and find out most economical options towards composition of coastal freeway, we also collected the data related to traffic intensities at different locations on the proposed coastal road and for that traffic intensity we design the flexible pavement.