Nearly 1,100 metres of the Padma Bridge is now visible after installation of the eighth span on the pillars no 35 and 36 on Wednesday.
The 150-metre span, weighing 3,140 tonnes, was installed at the Zanjira point around 1pm, Assistant Engineer Ahasanullah Majumder said.
This is the seventh span of the Padma Bridge at the Zanjira point, and the eighth overall.
Another span is supposed to be installed on 34 and 35 pillars by March 10 at the Zanjira end.
The works of Padma Multipurpose Bridge became visible with the installation of 150-metre first span on the pillars no 37 and 38 on Oc 30, 2017. Later, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th and 5th spans were installed on the pillars 38-39, 39-40, and 40-41 respectively in 2018.
Besides, the F-1 span (super structure) was kept on the pillar 4 and 5 in Mawa point due to the construction works of pillar 6 and 7.
Earlier, the span was taken to the Zanjira point on Tuesday afternoon by the 3,600 tonne capacity floating crane ‘Tian-E’ from the Mawa Kumarbhog Construction Ward, five kilometres away from the point.
Engineers concerned of the Padma Bridge authority said the span was kept near the jetty for several days as it could not be floated due to poor navigability.
The construction work on the country's largest bridge started in December 2015.
The 6.15-km bridge will have a total of 41 spans, each 150 metres long.
According to the engineers concerned, a total of 41 spans will be installed on 42 concrete pillars.
Besides, 17 spans were ready to fix while the work for constructing 18 more is underway.