The Plan
THE PLAN
The Tilak Bridge is perpetually jammed due to heavy traffic.  We therefore build another, let’s say, the New Tilak Bridge, parallel to the existing Tilak Bridge.
1. The New Tilak Bridge is proposed to be built from Padmabai Thakker Road & Pandurang Naik Marg/Bal Govindas Road (on the Western side) to the Lady Jahangir & Ambedkar Road (on the Eastern side) as shown in the Map from D2 to D4.
2. We also build two ramp-up bridges on the Senapati Bapat Road on the West linking themselves to the New Tilak Bridge, and one ramp-down bridge on the Lady Jahangir Road on the East, landing down at the Lakhamshi Nappu Road as shown in the Map from A6 & A7 up to A8.  And in between these two ramp-ups (on the West) and the one ramp-down (on the East) we ensure that the New Tilak Bridge is a 6-Lane wide bridge, because we will need that kind of width, since we will have feeder connectors from Senapati Bapat Road (A6 & A7), getting more traffic till it reaches its final destination on the East.
3. On the East, the New Tilak Bridge will split in three parts.  The first will be the right-most lane that will turn right and land down on to Lakhamshi Nappu Road helping the traffic ease into Hindu Colony or towards Matunga East.  The second will be the left-most lane that will land down on Lady Jahangir Road, easing the South Mombai bound traffic go south by turning right under the Nanalal Mehta Flyover.  The third is the 3-lane wide section of the NTB that by default turns left, adjoining itself to the Nanalal Mehta Flyover.  This 3-lane wide central arm of the NTB will let the traffic decide whether it wishes to land down before the Maheshwari Udyan Circle or whether it lets the user move on the Nanalal Mehta flyover on or towards Chembur.
4. We also slice off two-lane worth of road space from the Veer Kotwal Garden and add the same to the present-day N. C. Kelkar Road in front of Plaza Theatre, thus eliminating the present-day circumvention of the Veer Kotwal Garden by vehicles when going down to the West.  The only casualty of all this being that the traffic island with the Kavdiwala Bhajiwala will go and the Bhajiwala will have to be moved to the newly laid Veer Kotwal Garden's corner.  It is pertinent to note here, that during the construction of all of the above bridges we are ending up not affecting the present day traffic at all.
5. And then we execute the Final Transformation by making the Old Tilak Bridge a Westward bound One-Way from the Khodadad Circle right up to Sena Bhavan as shown in the Map from A1 to A1.
6. We then push northwards the Sena Bhavan Signal’s northern end and thus widen the signal’s reach by bringing the Padmabai Thakker Road within the signal’s ambit.  And then make the Padmabai Thakker Road an Eastward bound One-Way with a ramp-up bridge leading itself to the East on to the Lady Jahangir Road (this being the Proposed New Tilak Bridge) as shown in the Map from D2 to D4.
7. We then build the New Tilak Bridge on Pandurang Naik Marg from Raja Badhe Chowk on to Bal Govindas Road an Eastward bound bridge, leading itself to the East, on to the Lady Jahangir Road (together both of which make it the Proposed New Tilak Bridge) as shown in the Map from D2 to D4.
8. We use the ramp-up connecting bridges from Senapati Bapat Road to let the traffic move easily eastwards on to the New Tilak Bridge as shown in the Map at A6 and A7.
9. And we use the ramp-down from the New Tilak Bridge to let the traffic move easily on to the Lakhamshi Nappu Road as shown in the Map at A8.
10. The traffic from the Lakhamshi Nappu Road that wishes to get out at Ambedkar Road can continue out by the side of the New Tilak Bridge as shown in Red Arrowed Lines in the Map at D4.
11. While on this, we also widen the southern end of the Sena Bhavan signal to bring the Dadasaheb Rege Road within its ambit.  We then make the Dadasaheb Rege Road a One-Way from Sena Bhavan towards Savarkar Marg, as shown in the Map from A9 to A9.  This way, we can easily send the Traffic from Sena Bhavan on to Savarkar Marg instead of it occupying precious road space, as it does today, either on Keluskar Road or on Gokhale Road.
12. And also while on this, we utilise the space on both sides of the Old Tilak Bridge, to fill it up and add that space up in the existing Old Tilak Bridge, thus making it a 6 Lane Bridge.  In this kind of widening of the Old Tilak Bridge we will permanently lose the Pedestrian Stairways but we can easily substitute the pedestrian stairways with lifts for folks wanting to go up or down on the Old Tilak Bridge.