Rupsha Rail Bridge
Rupsha Railway Bridge is a railway bridge on Rupsha River under construction. This bridge will connect 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 will be 5.13 kilometres (3.19 mi) long.[3]
Rupsha Railway Bridge রূপসা রেল ব্রিজ | |
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Coordinates | 22.76703°N 89.57866°E |
Carries | Broad-Gauge Rail-line |
Crosses | Rupsha River |
Locale | Labanchara-Batiaghata, Khulna District, Bangladesh |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 5,130 metres (16,831 ft) |
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Project details
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 2021. 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.
Features
- Height: 16 metres (52 ft) 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
- "Construction of Khulna-Mongla railway line going on in full swing". The Daily Observer.
- "Rail bridge over Rupsha; deal signed". New Age. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- দৃশ্যমান রূপসা রেলসেতু, ২০ শতাংশ কাজ শেষ. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 24 October 2018.