India, May 5 -- The state government is contemplating a two-deck road-cum-rail bridge over Vasai Creek that will provide seamless connectivity between Mumbai and Virar, and onward, with the upcoming Vadhavan port and the Mumbai-Delhi Expressway.

The first rail-cum-road bridge in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the structure under consideration will amalgamate two separate projects - the Uttan-Virar Sea Link (UVSL) which was approved by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on May 2, and the Mira Road-Virar metro 13 corridor, which is in the planning stage. The estimated cost of the two projects is over Rs.94,000 crore, with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) being the major funder.

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