The Padma Bridge is a blessing for the people of the South. As a result of this bridge, the communication system of the whole country including Dhaka was improved for the people of the southern region. For this reason, crops and industrial goods produced in the south will be included in the trade of the whole country.
At present, one has to pay tk 60 to tk 3,940 for various vehicles to cross the Padma river. However, with the opening of the Padma Bridge, each vehicle will have to pay 100 to 6 thousand taka. But now time will tell and the economy will pick up speed. According to the toll fare of Padma bridge, in case of big bus, the toll fare will be tk 2400 and for medium truck up to tk 2,600. Although the cost of rent or toll has increased but the speed of time will keep you ahead.
Padma Bridge
The Padma Bridge is a multi-purpose road and railway bridge built over the Padma River in Bangladesh. And through this bridge Shariatpur and Madaripur districts are connected with Munshiganj’s Lohajang. The Padma Bridge was inaugurated on June 25, 2022.
The two-tiered steel and concrete truss bridge has a four-lane road at the top and a single rail at the bottom. The main infrastructure is constructed in the Padma-Brahmaputra-Meghna river basin with 42 pillars and 41 spans of 150 m length. The length of the bridge is 8.150 km and the width is 16.10 m.
Toll fare of Padma bridge
The total cost of the Padma Bridge project stands at Tk 30,193.38 crore. The whole money is government funding. The toll rate has been slightly higher than the ferry due to the balance of income with expenditure.
Toll rate to cross Padma bridge 2022
- You have to pay 100 tk for motorcycle.
- 1,600 tk for small truck (up to 5 tons).
- Medium truck (5 to 8 tons) 2,100 tk.
- 2,800 tk for Medium truck (8 to 11 tons) .
- Large trucks (up to three axles) 5,500 tk.
- 6,000 tk for Taylor.
- 750 tk for car and jeep.
- Medium bus toll is 2000 tk.
- 2,400 tk for a big bus.
- Microbus 1,300 tk.
- You have to pay a toll of 1,400 tk for accommodation.
Initially, the construction cost of the Padma Bridge was fixed
The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project was approved at the ECNEC meeting in 2006 at a cost of Taka 10,161.65 crore for the construction of the Padma Bridge. After that the design changes and the length increases and the construction cost increases a lot more. Later in 2011, ECNEC approved a revised project worth Tk 20,507.20 crore. After that, if the expenditure increases to Tk 8,026 crore in 2017, the total expenditure stands at Tk 26,793.39 crore. However, the total cost of the latest project is 30 thousand 193 crore 37 lakh 8 thousand Taka.
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