The ninth span of the Padma Bridge has been successfully installed. The span has been placed on the 34th and 35th pillars of the bridge at Zajira point.

The span 6D was installed around 9am on Friday (Mar 22), making 1200 metres of the bridge visible, Assistant Engineer of the Padma Bridge Project, Humayun Kabir, told Bangla Tribune. 

He said the span was set to be installed on pillars on Thursday, but it was delayed to Friday due to technical complications.

The 150 metres long span weighing nearly 3,140 tons was transported from Mawa construction yard, Munshiganj, to Shariatpur’s Zajira upazila point on Wednesday morning, by the Tiyan E crane that can bear up to 3,600 tons.

A total of 41 spans, each 2 metres wide and 22 metres long, will be placed on the 42 pillars of the 6.15 kilometre bridge.

So far, seven spans have been placed on pillars 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41 and 42 on the Zajira end of the bridge; and one temporary span has been placed on pillars 5 and 6 at the Mawa end.