MUNSHIGANJ: The 11th span (superstructure) of the 6.15-km much-awaited Padma Bridge has been installed at its Jajira end on Tuesday (April 23), making 1.65 kilometers of the much-hyped bridge visible.

The span has been placed between the pillars 33 and 34 of the bridge near its Jajira end in Shariatpur today, said Humayun Kabir, Deputy Assistant engineer of the bridge construction, told Banglanews.

The grey colour 6C span is 150 metres long and weighs 3,140 tonnes.

After the installation of the 11th span, 1,650 metres (1.65 kilometer) of the much-hyped bridge is now visible. The installation of the span has completed at 9:20am, beginning in the early morning, said the engineer of the much-hyped bridge. 

Earlier, the span has already reached at Jajra end the Mawa Construction Yard around 10:00am Monday (April 22). If everything, including the weather, is suitable, the installation of the span will start at 8:00am on Tuesday, he said on Monday.

Earlier on April 10, the 10th span (superstructure) of the 6.15-km Padma Bridge has been installed at its Mawa end and the ninth span of the bridge was installed at Jajira point of Shariatpur on March 22 while the eighth span of the 6.15-km Padma bridge was installed on February 20. 

So far eight spans at Jajira point and two spans at Munshiganj point of the bridge have been placed. The spans are 150-meter long each.

The first span of the bridge was laid on pillars 37 and 38 on September 30, 2017. 

A total of 41 spans (superstructure) will be installed on the 42 pillars to construct the 6.15-km much waited Padma Bridge. Railway slabs and roadway slabs are being installed on six spans at Jajira end.

The second span was placed on January 28, 2018. The third span was laid on March 11 of the same year while the fourth was placed on May 13 and the fifth span was installed on June 29, the same year. The sixth span was installed on January 23, 2019.

BDST: 0948 HRS, APR 23, 2019
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