The Padma Bridge is a multipurpose road-rail bridge across the Padma River, globally known as the Ganges, under construction in Bangladesh. It will connect Louhajong, Munshiganj to Shariatpur and Madaripur, linking the south-west of the country, to northern and eastern regions. Padma Bridge is the most challenging construction project in the history of Bangladesh. The two-level steel truss bridge will carry a four-lane highway on the upper level and a single track railway on a lower level.[3] With 150.12 m (492.5 ft) span, 6.241 km (3.878 mi) total length and 18.18 m (59.6 ft) width, it is going to be the longest bridge in Bangladesh, the second longest in the Indo-Gangetic Plain after Bhupen Hazarika Setu in Assam and the longest over Ganges in terms of both span and the total length.[4] Padma Bridge, when commissioned, is expected to boost the GDP of Bangladesh by as much as 1.2 percent.[5]
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