DHAKA, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- The China Major Bridge Engineering Company on Tuesday installed another span of Bangladesh's largest Padma Bridge, making over 2 km of the bridge visible so far.
With the installation of the 150-meter long span, the 15th span among the 41 spans has been installed on the 6.15-km bridge and about 2,100 meters of the bridge is now visible.
Bangladeshi government officials among others witnessed the installation process of the span at the construction site of the bridge.
The 3,140-ton span was placed on the pillars 23 and 24 of the bridge on Tuesday morning.
Officials said the construction of the Padma Bridge is now again going on in full swing with favorable weather.
In December 2015, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the main works of Padma Bridge project, the biggest of its kind for the country.
Apart from connecting nearly 30 million people in Bangladesh's southwest region to the rest of the country, the bridge will enhance regional trade and collaboration along the Asian highway No. 1 and the Trans-Asian railway network.
