Souvenir - Bangladesh Group of IABSE

The development of Dhaka-Maw a-Bhang a-Bhatia para- Molla hat- Town Nowapara National Highway has
been built to ensure safe and easy transport of South- West region of Bangladesh with the capital city,
Dhaka under the head line, "South-West Road Network Development Project".
The communication with this road is interrupted by the river, Arial Khan at 9 th km of Mawa-Bhanga
section. The construction of the bridge is, therefore, very important in connecting divisional head quarter,
Khulna and Barisal, land port, Banapole and river port, Mongla with Dhaka city. The bridge will also
ensure the communication of Sundarban, the largest mangrove of Bangladesh and beautiful sea-beach,
Kuakata with Dhaka city.
The development of Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga-Bhatiapara-
Mollahat-Town Nowapara National Highway has been
implemented under five contracts. The construction of this bridge
has been completed successfully under contract No.2. The
Korean construction firm, Hanil Construction Co. Ltd. has
completed the construction of the bridge under the supervision of
consultant, JOC-BCL. The bridge was opened to traffic on 15
May, 2005. The bridge is 450m long and 10m wide. The
superstructure of the bridge consists of simply supported
prestressed concrete I-girder and in situ RCC slab. The bridge has
10 simply supported spans each 45m long. In designing the
bridge AASTHO live load and specifications have been
followed.
Each Pier and abutment is founded on RCC bored piles. The
foundation of the bridge consists of 1.0m diameters RCC bored