According to Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister, Maharashtra, up to 90% of civil construction on the Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link (MTHL) is completed and the bridge opens to traffic November of this year. A 16.5-kilometer section of the 22-kilometer-long bridge protrudes above the water. The six- Lane MTHL project is carried out by the MMRDA and funded by Japan Agency for International Cooperation (JICA).

The MTHL project will connect the Navi Mumbai area to the south of Mumbai. The 21.8 kilometers, six-lane The MTHL project is being implemented with funding from the MMRDA, a government agency of Maharashtra provided by the Japan International Cooperation Agency. When completed, it will be the longest sea in India bridge and can accommodate 70,000 vehicles per day. By building the MTHL, which connects Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the project aims to improve connectivity in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region while reducing traffic congestion and promoting economic growth.

He stated that this longest sea bridge in the country will be the first to use the Open Road Tolling (ORT) system. According to Shinde, it takes 15 to 20 minutes to get from Sewri to central Mumbai to Chirle in Navi Mumbai once the bridge is ready for traffic. Thanks to the Open Tolling system, it has said, vehicles do not have to stop on the bridge to pay the toll. According to representatives of the MMRDA, this technique is currently being used in Singapore. This is according to a press statement from the MMRDA, the first longest Orthotropic Steel Deck (OSD) in package-2 of the MTHL was successful launched in the presence of Chief Minister Shinde.

In the approximately 22 km long Trans-Harbour link between Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the former longest Package-2 OSD is 180 meters long and weighs 2300 tons. That's what the press statement said 15 of the 32 OSD series in package 2 of MTHL had already been launched.