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[[File:Mahim Causeway 2.jpg|thumb|The Mahim Causeway]]<br />
The '''Mahim Causeway''' is a vital link road connecting [[South Mumbai]] with its northern [[Mumbai Suburban District|suburbs]]. The [[causeway]] links the neighbourhoods of [[Mahim]] to the south with [[Bandra]] to the north.<br />
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The Mahim Causeway was built between 1841 and 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 the project. This led [[Avabai Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy|Lady Jeejeebhoy]], wife of the first baronet Sir [[Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy]], to donate the entire amount of [[Indian rupee|Rs.]]1,57,000/- <!-- NUMBERING SYSTEM IS CORRECT! See [[Indian numbering system]]. --> on the condition that the government would not charge a toll for its use or disturb the [[Koli people|Koli]] community who lived around the area<ref>{{cite news|title=A bridge with a difference|url=http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMonline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?BV_ID=@@@&contentType=EDITORIAL&sectionName=TheWeek+Last+Word&programId=1073754894&contentId=5758088|last=Mahesh Dattani}} {{deadlink|date=June 2018}}</ref><br />
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The Mahim causeway forms the link between [[Swami Vivekanand Road (Mumbai)|Swami Vivekanand Road]] and [[Lady Jamshetjee Road, Mumbai|L.J.Road]], being the stretch between Bandra masjid and [[St. Michael's Church (Mumbai)|Mahim church]] (St. Michael's). It is not to be confused with the [[Bandra-Worli Sea Link]], a major infrastructural project opened on 30 June 2009 which is designed to ease traffic across the causeway by building another bridge across the [[Mahim Bay]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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*[http://www.maharashtra.gov.in/pdf/gazeetter_reprint/Thane-I/trade_roads.html#3 Causeways] from ''Thana District Gazetteer''<br />
*[http://theory.tifr.res.in/bombay/physical/geo/mahim.html Mahim]<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040911080938/http://www.dancewithshadows.com/mumbai_history.asp Bombay/Mumbai pages]<br />
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