The tenth span of the 6.15-kilometre long Padma Bridge would be installed at Mawa point in Munshiganj district on Wednesday (Apr 10) as its eleventh and twelfth spans are going to be installed at Jajira point in Shariatpur district in April.
“Preparation is underway to install 150-meter long one span on 13th and 14th pillar tomorrow (Wednesday), making 1,500-meter of the main structure of this mega bridge visible,” Project Director of Padma Multipurpose Bridge M Shafiqul Islam told BSS on Tuesday (Apr 9).
He said with the installation of these three spans, a total of 1,800 meters of the bridge will become visible and of them, 150 meters will be visible at Mawa point.
The project director said the construction of the 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge is progressing fast as 66 percent overall work of the project has been completed.
“The overall progress of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project has reached 66 percent now while 75 percent work of the main bridge has been done so far,” Shafiqul said.
He said the authorities have also completed 53 percent of river training work for construction of the bridge.
According to project details, on Oct 14, 2018, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiled the name plaque of the Padma Bridge Toll Plaza at the Mawa end.
The national economy is expected to witness 1.2 percent GDP growth rate, while 0.84 percent poverty will decrease every year after being completed the construction work of the bridge with an estimated cost of Tk 301.93 billion.
The first span of the Padma Bridge was installed on Sept 30, 2017. The second span was installed four months later on Jan 28, 2018 while the third one was placed on Mar 11, after one and a half months.
According to the engineers concerned, a total of 41 spans will be installed on 42 concrete pillars to complete the bridge.