Padma Bridge is a multi-purpose road
and Railway Bridge built over the Padma River which will directly connected Shariatpur
and Madaripur districts with Munshiganj. The inauguration date of Padma Bridge
has been fixed on June 25, 2022. The two-tiered steel and concrete truss bridge
has a four-lane road at the top and a single rail track at the bottom. The main
infrastructure is constructed with 42 pillars and 41 spans of 150 m length. The
length of the bridge is 6.15 km and the width is 18.10 m.
Construction Timeline:
Major Bridge Engineering Corporation of China was hired for the main bridge. Sinohydro Corporation of China works on river governance. Abdul Monem Limited of Bangladesh was awarded the contract for construction of two connecting roads and infrastructure. The main construction work started in October 2017.
Year 2017:
- After a long wait on September 30, the first span was placed on the pillars of the Padma Bridge. The span was installed with the help of floating cranes on pillars 37 and 38 at Jajira end of Shariatpur.
- On March 11, the third span sits on pillars 39 and 40.
- On 13 May, the fourth span was placed on pillars 40 and 41.
- The fifth span of the bridge has been laid on June 29 in Naodoba area of Jajira upazila of Shariatpur.
Year 2018:
- In January sits the sixth last span on the Jazira edge.
- On 28 January, the second span 7B superstructure was installed on the 38th and 39th pillars of the Padma Bridge. About four months after the first span was installed, the 3,150-tonne span was installed at the Naodoba end of the island.
- Seventh span sitting on pillars 4 and 5 at the end of Mawa.
Year 2019:
- On 20 February, the eighth span was placed on pillars 36 and 35 at the Zazira end.
- On March 22, the ninth span sat on the 35th and 34th pillars of the bridge.
- On April 10, tenth span on pillars 13 and 14 at the end of Mawa.
- On 23rd April, the 11th span sat on the 33rd and 34th pillars at the Jazira end of Shariatpur.
- On 17 May, the 12th span was placed on the 20th and 21st pillars between Mawa and Jajira.
- On May 25, the 13th span 3B was placed on the 14th and 15th pillars.
- The 14th span was placed on 29 June.
- On 22 October, the 15th span of the Padma Bridge was laid on the 24th and 25th pillars at the Jazira end.
- The 16th span was placed on the 16th and 17th pillars at the end of Mawa on 27 November.
- On December 5, 2019, the 17th span of the main bridge was placed on the pillars 22 and 23.
- The 18th span of the Padma Bridge was laid on 11 December.
- The 19th span was installed on 18 December.
- On 31st December, the 20th span of the Padma Bridge was laid on the 18th and 19th pillars at the Mawa end of Munshiganj. The gray ‘3-F’ numbered span is placed on top of the pole.
Year 2020:
- On 14 January, the 21st span was placed on the 32nd and 33rd pillars at the Jazira end of the Padma Bridge.
- On 23 January, the 22nd span was placed on the 5th and 6th pillars on the Mawa side.
- The 23rd span is on February 2.
- The 24th span is sitting on 11 February.
- The 25th span was installed on 21 February.
- On March 10, the 26th span of the Padma Bridge was laid. This span is placed on the 28th and 29th pillars at Jajira end of Shariatpur.
- On April 20, the 27th span was placed on pillars 27 and 28.
- On 11 April the 28th span was placed at the end of Jazira.
- On May 4, the 29th span of the bridge with ‘4A’ ID number was placed on the 19th and 20th pillars of the bridge at the end of Mawa.
- On May 30, the 30th span was placed on the 26th and 27th pillars of the bridge at the Jazira end.
- On June 10, the 31st span of the Padma Bridge was laid. Spans were placed at piers No. 25 and 26 of the bridge at Jajira end of Shariatpur.
- The 32nd span of the Padma Bridge was laid on 11 October. Although it was not possible to install the span on the first day due to strong currents in the Padma, the span was installed on the 4th and 5th pillars of the bridge at Mawa end of Munshiganj on the second day due to the efforts of the engineers. The span was set up four months later due to floods and strong currents in the Padma River.
- The 33rd span of the bridge was laid on 20 October.
- On October 25, the 34th span was installed at Span 2-A on Pillars 6 and 7 at the Mawa end of the bridge.
- On 31st October, the 35th span was placed in the span 2-B on the 8th and 9th pillars at the end of Mawa.
- On November 6, the 36th span of the Padma Bridge was laid on the 2nd and 3rd pillars of the Mawa side of the bridge.
- On 13 November, the 37th span ‘2-C’ was placed on the 9th and 10th pillars at the Mawa end of Munshiganj.
- On 21st November, the 38th span was successfully placed on the 1st and 2nd poles of Mawa side of Munshiganj.
- The installation of the 39th span was completed on 27 November. The span is placed on the 10th and 11th pillars of the Mawa side of Munshiganj.
- On December 4, the 40th span of the Padma Bridge was installed and 6,000 meters of the bridge became visible.
- On December 10, the entire Padma Bridge became visible by placing the 41st span on the 12th and 13th pillars of the Padma Bridge.
Year 2021:
- The last road slab was laid on 23rd August.
Year 2022:
- From June 4 to June 10, the test of 415 lights of the bridge was completed step by step. On June 14, all the lights were lit at once. Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the bridge on June 25.
Economic importance:
The Mawa-Jajira point of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge connects the south-western part with the center of Bangladesh through a specific route. This bridge will significantly contribute to the social, economic and industrial development of the relatively underdeveloped region. The project will directly benefit more than 30 million people in an area of about 44,000 sq km (17,000 sq mile) or 29% of the total area of Bangladesh. As a result, the project is being considered as a very important infrastructure for the country's transport network and regional economic development. The bridge will have future rail, gas, power lines and fiber optic cable expansion. If this bridge is built, the GDP of Bangladesh will increase up to 1.2 percent.
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