Rupsha Railway Bridge রুপসা রেল সেতু | |
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Coordinates | 22°45′51″N 89°34′44″E / 22.76411785614008°N 89.57900167833702°E |
Carries | Broad-Gauge Rail-line |
Crosses | Rupsha River |
Locale | Labanchara- Khulna Metro Area & Khanrabad, Batiaghata Upazila, Khulna District, Bangladesh |
Owner | Bangladesh Railway |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 5.13 kilometres (3 mi) |
History | |
Opened | June, 2023 |
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Rupsha Railway Bridge is a railway bridge on Rupsha River . This bridge connects Khulna with Port of Mongla by railway network. [1] Bangladesh Railway and Indian Larsen & Toubro Limited signed an agreement to construct the bridge. [2] The bridge total length 5.13 kilometres (3.19 mi) long. [3]
Khulna-Mongla Railway Project was passed by ECNEC on 21 December 2010. This project is divided into three parts. First one is to construct the railway, second one is to build a bridge over Rupsha and third one is to construct the signaling system. Estimated cost of this project is 1,076.445 crore taka. The bridge has 7 nos. of 102.4m long Double Warren Open-web Truss Girders with 136 nos. of 32.2 m long Composite Plate Girders for Viaducts on either side. This project will be finished in 2024. [4] STUP Consultants P Limited of India is the Engineering Consultants for Design and Construction Supervision Services. STUP Consultants got associated with this Project since 1 January 2018. The construction work of the bridge was completed on 25 June 2022. [5]