Mahim Causeway
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The Mahim Causeway is a vital link road connecting the city of Mumbai with its northern suburbs. The causeway links the neighbourhoods of Mahim to the south with Bandra to the north.
The Mahim Causeway was built between 1841 to 1846 to connect the island of Salsette with Mahim. The swampy area between the two islands made travel dangerous and thus a need for a causeway arose. The British East India Company, who governed Bombay at that time refused to fund such as project. This led to Lady Jeejeebhoy, wife of the first baronet Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy, donating the entire amount of Rs.1,57,000/- on the condition that no toll be charged for its use by the government.
The Mahim causeway forms the link between S.V.Road and L.J.Road, being the stretch between Bandra masjid and Mahim church (St. Michael's). It is not to be confused with the Bandra-Worli Sea Link, a major infrastructural project underway nearby, which is designed to ease traffic across the causeway by building another bridge across the Mahim Bay.
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