The 22nd span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge has been installed.
The 1-E span installed on pillar no 5 and 6 of the bridge on Thursday, according to media reports.
The work to take the span near pillar no 5-6 by Tian-E crane at Mawa started around 9:00am from Kumarbhog specialised construction yard.
Some 3,300 metre of the bridge is visible now after the installation of the 150-metre long span.
With the installation of this span, total 22 spans out of 41 were installed in phases.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said all the spans of the Padma Bridge will be installed by July 2020.
He also said the bridge will be opened to traffic by 2021.
Once in operation, the Padma Bridge, Bangladesh’s largest infrastructure project till date, will connect 21 southern districts with the capital and boost the GDP by 1.0 per cent.
