Lalon Shah Bridge

Lalon Shah Bridge

Lalon Shah Bridge is one of the greatest bridges of Bangladesh. The bridges have essential participation for the economic development of a country. The trucks, Buses and other vehicles can easily run over the bridge by saving their time. This can help the faster delivery of any kind of goods. The Lalon Shah Bridge is named after the most known mystic poet and saint Fakir Lalon Shah of Kushtia district. It is with two districts Kushtia and Pabna. It makes a connection between these two districts. It is situated about 30 km far from Kushtia town under Veramara Upozilla. The bridge is built over Padma River. It is 1.8 km long and 18.10 feet wide with 4 lanes every lane is 7.5 m of 25 feet and 1m (3 feet) foot ways by the side of the whole roads. . This bridge provides a road connection with the western part of Bangladesh. This bridge is about 300 meter downstream of Hardinge Bridge. The bridge consists with 15 spans every span is topically 109.5m (5894 feet) and there are two 72m spans at last. It is founded by the cooperation with Japan Bank for International Cooperation’s soft loan. PB is the prime consulted association with Kuljian Corporation, US, Worley International Ltd, Newzealand, KS consultants Ltd, Bangladesh, and Sarm Associates Ltd, Bangladesh. This super structure was designed by a continuous, prestressed single box girder by the segmental cantilever balanced construction method.   The construction starts in 2001 and finished in 2004 and opened for all kinds of vehicles on August 4. The bridge made under the modeling of mathematics by SWMC and joint participation of DHI. They made contract with RHD (Roads and Highway Department) under the ministry of Communication, Bangladesh. The whole construction is made with segmental concrete; this bridge is the longest segmental concrete structure. The vehicles have to pay Tolls for different kind. This bridge plays as the friendship between Japan and Bangladesh. By this bridge has decreased the problem of communication with the capital Dhaka. The roads are well constructed. The Ministry of communication earned a huge amount of money from the bridge every year it earns near about 7 cores tk. Under this bridge there is a picnic spot. The local peoples go there to enjoy the view of the river and the bridge. Meanwhile they can see the view of the two bridges at a time Hardinge Bridge and Lalon Shah Bridge.