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The Middle Eastward Deck

We then build the Middle Eastward Deck at level 2 starting above the Senapati Bapat Marg and which is a confluence of three bridges all leading up the Middle Eastward Deck. The Middle Eastward Bridge of the GMP-P is as shown below herein.

In the exhibited bird's-eye-view rendering this confluence seems to be oversimplified, and quite honestly, it is. But a solid animation can make one understand how all this will work. Now, because this middle deck is at the middle level it needs to rise to a considerable height. Thank God, that both the S. L. Matkar Marg as well as the Rahimtullah Sayani Road both do afford this ramp enough length to start from afar, such that the ascent to the 2nd level is not too steep. But an existing two-way north-south bridge over the Senapati Bapat Marg, namely the Elphinstone Bridge, becomes a hurdle for this very confluence. This bridge already exists and is called the Elphinstone Flyover. To make space for this Connector confluence we rebuild the Elphinstone Flyover and lift it up to a greater height only to make way for the Connector confluence underneath it. Thank God, for the heightened Elphinstone Flyover can lift off/ land down further towards the northern end on Senapati Bapat road closer towards the Jogani Industrial Estate instead of where it lifts off/ lands as of today, only to accommodate for the greater ascent/ descent.

We then build the North to East arm of the confluence on the Senapati Bapat road (parallel to the Elphinstone Flyover) and make it turn left and merge it with the 2nd level eastward bound confluence as shown hereinabove. Thereafter, all this combined eastward bound traffic from the confluence lands down on the Jerbai Wadia Road from the 2nd level. Thankfully, the Jerbai Wadia Road is a much wider road that can accommodate the 2nd level's landing.

In fact, the beauty of this confluence is that it automatically solves another traffic problem. As of today, the southward bound traffic of the Senapati Bapat Marg travels one-way between the Sant Rohidas Chowk and the Balkrishna R. Gawde Chowk, and therefore, the northward bound traffic of the same road turns left at the Balkrishna R. Gawde Chowk on to N. M. Joshi Marg towards the Gokhale Road. This way, both the portions of this traffic i.e. one that wishes to go straight onward towards Gokhale Road, and the other that wishes to go right towards Paral east, all come together between the Balkrishna R. Gawde Chowk and the Devidas Govindrao Khedekar Chowk. The proposed confluence automatically ends up resolving this mess. The northward bound traffic of the Senapati Bapat Marg can continue straight on ground between the Balkrishna R. Gawde Chowk and the Sant Rohidas Chowk, and only the west and eastward bound traffic of the Senapati Bapat Marg needs to get on to the N. M. Joshi Marg. This takes out a large chunk of traffic of this stretch. As of today, 4 different traffics come together at this junction e.g. 1. the westward bound traffic that goes on to the Pandurang Budhkar Marg, 2. the northward bound traffic that goes on to the Gokhale Road, 3. the eastward bound traffic that goes to the S. L. Matkar Marg, and 4. the northward bound traffic of the Senapati Bapat Marg that has not been able to climb the Elphinstone Flyover. All this horribly clogs this region in front of the BMC F-North Ward Office, even today. Although the first 3 separate kinds of the above traffics will have to continue to get on the N. M. Joshi Marg (as it all does today as illustrated above), the 4th straight northward bound traffic of this chunk gets eliminated because it can continue northward between the Balkrishna R. Gawde Chowk and the Sant Rohidas Chowk.