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or 1st Buriganga Bridge: Postogola, Dhaka: 1989: Crosses Buriganga River: Babu Bazar Buriganga Bridge: Babu Bazar, Dhaka: 2001: Crosses Buriganga River: Bangladesh-UK Friendship Bridge or Bhairab Bridge: Bhairab Upazila, Kishoreganj District: 2002: Crosses Meghna River: Bekutia Bridge: Pirojpur District: 2020: Crosses Katcha River: Bhairab ...
The road network of Bangladesh consists of national highways (designated by a number preceded by "N"), regional highways (R numbers) and zilla or district roads (Z numbers) which are maintained by Roads and Highways Department, as well as Upazila Roads, Union Roads, and Village Roads which are maintained by Local Government Engineering Department.The total length of roads in Bangladesh used to ...
The Buriganga (Bengali: বুড়িগঙ্গা, Buŗigônga, lit. ' Old Ganges ' ) is a river in Bangladesh which flows past the southwest outskirts of the capital city, Dhaka . It ranks among the most polluted rivers in the country.
Turag River (Bengali: তুরাগ নদ; [t̪uraɡ nɔd̪]) is the upper tributary of the Buriganga, a major river in Bangladesh. The Turag originates from the Bangshi River, the latter an important tributary of the Dhaleshwari River, flows through Gazipur and joins the Buriganga at Mirpur in Dhaka District. It is navigable by boat all ...
Even though there was already a bund by the Buriganga river bank from the Mughal period, it was Buckland who took the initiative to build a metaled road over it. That is how the road by the riverbank came to be known as the Buckland Bund which is almost one mile long, from Farashganj (French Town) to Babu Bazaar. [1] [2] Northbrok Hall, Dhaka 09
Until 1991, Kamrangirchar was an island in the Buriganga, completely disconnected from the main landmass of Dhaka, when it was first connected to Lalbagh through the construction of the 'Hakkul Ebad Iron Bridge'. [6] In 1998, Kamrangirchar Thana was formed consisting parts of Lalbagh Thana. [5]
Shah Amanat Bridge, the second bridge constructed across the Karnaphuli River in Bangladesh, is the first major extradosed bridge in the country. [3] It is located along the country's busiest national highway, N1 .
Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an 822.96-metre-long (2,700 ft) cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was the first [2] and longest cable-stayed bridge in India at the time of its inauguration.