4000 meters of Padma Bridge become visible

The 27th span of the Padma Bridge has been installed at the end of Zajira in Shariatpur, making 4050 meters of the main structure of the bridge visible.

The span was installed on pillars number 27 and 28 of the bridge on Saturday morning, Dewan Abdul Quader, executive engineer of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, said.

Earlier, the 150-meter long span was brought near the pillars by a floating crane from Mawa's Kumarbhog construction yard on Friday morning, he said.

Meanwhile, the construction of 41 pillars out of 42 has already been completed.



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