7th span installed, 1050 metres of Padma bridge now visible

Secretariat Correspondent: Around 1050 metres of the much-awaited Padma bridge is now visible as the Seventh span (superstructure) of the 6.15-km bridge was installed at Jazira point in Shariatpur on Wednesday.

The Seventh span was placed on the pillars 36 and 37 of the bridge at 09:45am.

The first span of the bridge was laid on pillars 37 and 38 on September 30, 2017. The second span was placed on January 28, 2018. The third span was laid on March 11, the fourth was placed on May 13 and the fifth span was installed on June 29, the same year.

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