The Vikhroli-Kopar Khairane Link Road (VKLR), also known as the JVLR-Kopar Khairane-Ghansoli Bridge, is a proposed 7.5 km to 10 km, freeway grade road bridge connecting the Indian city of Mumbai with Navi Mumbai, its satellite city.
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) appointed N P Bridging (Belgian company), as designing consultants for the project, which was supposed to submit the final report on the link road by mid-September 2016.
[5] [6] Further, the link road will allow a 70 km shortcut for local commuters travelling to Alibag, and also benefit the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, in Navi Mumbai, in terms of logistic and transport of goods.
This bridge also plays an important role in connecting with the southern parts of MMR Region including Pen, Rasayani.
The MMRDA chalked out a plan to build the 10-km link road that will pass over Thane Creek and the dumping ground at Kanjurmarg, Bhandup.
Engineers from the NP Bridging were invited to design the realligment of the link road from Ghatkopar to Vikhroli.