Rupsha Railway Bridge is a railway bridge on Rupsha River under construction. This bridge will connect

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with Port of Mongla by railway network. Bangladesh Railway and Indian

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signed an agreement to construct the bridge. The bridge will be long.

Project details

Khulna-Mongla Railway Project was passed by

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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. 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.

Features

* Height: from the land level. * Number of Spans: 136 nos. of 32.2 m long Steel Composite Plate Girders on Viaduct on both end with 7 nos. of 102.4 m long Double Warren Type Truss Girders for the main bridge. * Number of Piles: 1.0 m Dia 836 nos. of Piles for Viaducts and 2.5 m Dia 72 nos. of Piles for the main bridge and Fenders. Average length of 2.5 m dia pile for main bridge is about 65 m * Number of Piers & Pier Caps: 136 + 8 = 144.

References

{{Railways in Bangladesh Railway bridges in Bangladesh Bridges over the Rupsha