Bangabandhu Bridge

Facts and Figures


Contractors
Main Bridge Construction Hyundai Engineering and Construction, Republic of Korea
Approach Roads Construction Samwhan Corporation, Republic of Korea
River Training Works HAM - Van Oord ACZ Joint Venture, Netherlands
Rehabillitation of East Flood Embankment AML-Monico, Bangladesh
Consultants
Construction Supervision Rendel Palmer and Tritton (UK), NEDECO (Netherlands), 
Bangladesh Consultants Limited
Management Consultants Halcrow, Price Waterhouse (UK), Engineering Planning 
Consultants (Bangladesh), Rahman, Rahman and Huq 
(Bangladesh)
 
Financiers
The Government of Bangladesh - Development Budget US$ 350 million
The International Development Association (IDA) (World Bank) US$ 200 million
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) US$ 200 million
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECF) (Japan) US$ 200 million
 
Bridge Statistics
Length of Main Bridge 4.8 Kilometres
Width of Bridge 18.5 meters
Number of Spans 49
Number of Piers 50
Number of Segments 1,263
River Training Statistics,
Length of East Guide Bund 3.07 Kilometres
Length of West Guide Bund 3.26 Kilometres
Volume of Sand Dredged 22.55 million cubic metres
Weight of Rocks Laid 1.5 million tonnes
Approach Road Statistics,
Length of East Approach Road 14.76 Kilometres
Length of West Approach Road 16.94 Kilometres
Bridges on East Approach Road 8
Bridges on West Approach Road 6
 

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