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PADMA BRIDGE-GIRDER
First batch of steel girders for Padma Bridge rail link reaches Bangladesh
DHAKA, August 24, 2020 (BSS)-The first batch of steel girder, to be used in the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP), arrived at Chattogram port as the China Railway Group Limited (CREC) delivered the materials to the construction site.
The consignment arrived at Chattogram port during Eid-ul-Azha holidays and the CREC, the contractor of the project, ensured smooth delivery of the materials to the construction site, said a press release today.
Considering the stipulated timeline for the completion of the project, this is a major progress as the production of steel beams has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic followed by massive flooding, it said.
According to CREC, the production and delivery of the steel beams was a big challenge. Due to high water level of Yangtze River and plum-rain season in China, transportation from Jiujiang City of Jiangxi Province to Shanghai Port via waterway became very difficult and risky.
However, considering the urgency and deadline, CREC took additional measures at Shanghai Port to ensure smooth shipping of the beams.
The steel girders weigh about 50,000 tonnes, including 8 steel truss girder bridges, and 53 steel plate girder bridges, which are all manufactured by China Railway Hi-Tech Industry Co. Ltd., and shipped from Shanghai port to Bangladesh for assembling and on-site erection.
The transported steel beams will be used for the on-site erection of bridge No. 87, 45, 49, 56, 107, 112, and 120.
The 168.6 kilometers project stretches from Dhaka to Jashore. Of the total project length, 16.7 kilometers is elevated railway. The project includes 181 kilometers of ballasted tracks and 32 kilometers of ballastless tracks, 63 large, medium, and small bridges forming a total length of 30.5 kilometers, and 230 culverts of different sizes.
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