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Did you Know? The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is made up of cement and steel wire equal to the girth of the earth

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The Bandra-Worli Sea Link is made up of cement and steel wire equal to the earth's equator. Well, that is a lot. The distance around the Earth at the Equator, its circumference, is 40,075 kilometers, which is not even the total distance of the bridge. 

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