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The bridge was named Lady Manning Bridge in honour of the wife of William Manning, the British Governor of Ceylon. [2] It was the oldest and longest iron bridge in Sri Lanka. [3] On average 10,000 vehicles crossed the narrow, single lane bridge daily. [3] Accidents on the bridge would lead to traffic problems in the area.
The term "covered bridge" is sometimes used broadly to describe any "bridge-like structure" that is covered by a roof. However, bridge-like structures such as Heilig-Geist-Spital, a hospital built out over two arched spans into the Pegnitz river in Nuremberg, but which did not ever provide a complete crossing to the other side, are not included ...
Adam's Bridge, [a] also known as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, [c] is a chain of natural limestone shoals between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence suggests that the bridge was formerly a land connection ...
The Bogoda bridge is over 400 years old and made entirely from wooden planks, which are said to have come from one tree. [citation needed] It is an exclusive construction as it has an 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) tall tiled roof structure for its entire span of nearly 15 metres (49 ft) length with a 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) breadth.
(Top) 1 References. ... This is a list of bridges in Sri Lanka. Bridge Location Coordinates Length Route Crosses Completed Ref; Palk Strait Bridge:
The New Kelani River Bridge is a bridge across the Kelani River in the Sri Lankan capital city Colombo. It was constructed in 2021, and is the country's first extradosed bridge . [ 4 ]
Mawanella Bridge (Sinhala: මාවනැල්ල ගඩොල් පාලමේ ඉතිහාසය) is the oldest operational brick bridge in Sri Lanka. The bridge was built in 1833 in Mawanella over the Maha Oya. [1] The arch bridge has four arches, with each arch 15 m (49 ft) in length and is constructed entirely from bricks. [2] [3] [4]
The meditation houses found in the forest monasteries in Ritigala and Arankele are unique to Sri Lanka, Each house consist of two raised platforms, linked to each other by a monolithic stone bridge. The outer platform is open to the sky, larger and higher than the inner platform.