Traffic advisory: Bangabandhu Expressway users asked to use alternative routes from Feb 19

The Roads and Highways Department has advised vehicles traveling on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Expressway to use alternative routes due to maintenance work.

The work will begin on February 19 and is expected to finish March 6. 

In a notice issued on Tuesday, the department said that two girders of the Bangladesh-China Friendship Buriganga Bridge-1 will be repaired and retrofitted.

Heavy vehicles: Trucks, pick-ups, covered vans, lorries

Vehicles heading from Gabtoli have been asked to enter the highway via the Tegharia intersection using the Babubazar Bridge.

Vehicles departing from Jatrabari towards the highway should enter through the Tegharia intersection using the Dholaipar bus stand and Babubazar Bridge.

Vehicles traveling to Gabtoli from the highway should use the Babubazar Bridge-Beribadh route from the Tegharia intersection.

Light vehicles: Buses, microbuses, autorickshaws 

Vehicles bound for Narayanganj and Chittagong from Padma Bridge have been asked to take the route via Srinagar-Munshiganj Muktarpur Bridge-3rd Shitalakshya Bridge-Madanpur Road.

Vehicles heading towards Padma Bridge from Sylhet and Chittagong can opt for the 3rd Shitalakshya Bridge-Muktarpur Bridge via the Munshiganj-Srinagar road route from Madanpur.

Vehicles traveling towards Dhaka from Padma Bridge have been asked to use the Srinagar Dohar-Nawabganj-Keraniganj road, Turag-Rohitpur, Abdullahpur-Rajabari Bazar-Kona Khola Intersection-Basila Bridge-Mohammadpur road route.