The 22 km-long, six-lane bridge includes a 16.5 km-long sea link and 5.5 km via ducts on land.
The construction of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sewari - Nhava Sheva Atal Setu, formerly known as the Mumbai Transharbour Link (MTHL), is in line with the government's vision to improve ease of mobility
While passenger cars will be charged Rs 250 one-way toll for taking Atal Setu, the charges will differ for return journeys and daily and frequent travellers
The authority is aiming to make the region as the fastest growing growing centre in the country in the next decade on the back of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) and the Mumbai Transharbour Link (MTHL), its commissioner Sanjay Mukherjee said.
The Veer Savarkar Setu is named after late VD Savarkar, a Hindutva ideologue as announced by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Ekanth Shinde on Savarkar’s birth anniversary on May 28.