The under-construction Padma Bridge, on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneThe final span is expected to be installed on December 16, which is the Victory Day of BangladeshA total of six kilometers of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge has now become visible with the 40th span installed on Friday, leaving only one more span to be installed. Sources from bridge construction had said the final span is expected to be installed on December 16, which is the Victory Day of Bangladesh. The 6.15km long double-layer bridge will have a total of 41 spans which would be installed on 42 poles – 21 poles at Mawa site and other 21 poles at Jajira point all of which have already been constructed. The construction work of the long-cherished Padma Bridge started in December, 2014 and the first span was installed on September 30, 2017. The multi-purpose Padma Bridge is expected to be opened in 2021.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 04, 2020 07:52 UTC