HEAVY-DUTY BEAUTY

1. Length of bridge (4.7km): 63 times the Qutub Minar

2. Weight of bridge (6.7L tonnes): 50,000 African elephants

3. 424 cables for main roadway: can support 900 tons each

4. Length of steel wire used (37,680km): Nearly the earth's circumference5. Concrete used: 2.3 lakh cubic metres

5. Height of main towers (126m): 43-storey buidling

6. Pile caps: Bridge rests on 135 pile caps, the largest being 55 m in length and 55 m in breadth (half a football field)

7. Peak-hour sweat: 4,000 workers and 150 engineers

8. Since the first five days are toll-free , a large number of people are expected to use the link initially just for the novelty

9. BIG BROTHER

Cameras will be monitored by MSRDC, traffic police and city police Link will be under the jurisdiction of Bandra and Worli police stations Two policemen on bikes will patrol Shoulders along bridge will allow traffic police to pull over errant drivers

10. STRETCHED DEADLINES
Initial deadline: December 2004 (later revised to December 2007 & December 2008) Bridge completed: April 21, 2009 All allied work completed: May 31, 2009 Delays caused by fisherfolk protests and payment disputes