4.5 km Padma Bridge now visible

About 4.5 kilometers of Padma Bridge has become visible with the installation of its 30th span on Saturday.

The 30th span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge was installed on the 26th and 27th pillars at the Jajira end in Shariatpur on Saturday morning.

Executive Engineer (Bridge) Dewan Md Abdul Quader said the span was installed around 9:35am.

The span was brought from Kumarbhog Construction Yard on Friday.

The 31th span is likely to be installed on June 20 on pillar no 25 and 26, said the engineer adding that with the 31 spans, the span installation at  Jajira point will be completed.

Besides, 10 spans will be installed at Mawa point. With these, whole 6.15km bridge will be visible.



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