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In pictures: First span of Padma Bridge installed

Update : 01 Oct 2017, 08:50 AM

Project officials said the bridgeu2019s construction work is going ahead braving strong currents in the river and inclement weather | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

According to Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, the Padma Bridge projectu2019s progress is at 47.5%. Forty-nine percent work of the main bridge is complete while the connecting bridge at Mawa is done. The connecting bridge at Jajira is 99% done | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Construction spree at the bridge, one of the top priority projects of the government, has been underway by overcoming the complexities relating to the formation of soil layers on the riverbed | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Despite having adverse conditions, the work of piling at the main bridge on both banks of the river is in progress | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

The bridge authorities say the soil collected from the piles surrounding all the pillars at the Janjira point has already been tested | Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

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