Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover

Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover
Coordinates23°45′19″N 90°23′59″E / 23.7554°N 90.3996°E / 23.7554; 90.3996
LocaleDhaka
Characteristics
Total length8.25 km
History
Constructed bySimplex Navana Joyti, Metalargical Construction Overseas Company, Toma Constructions Ltd
Construction start2011
Construction end26 October 2017
Construction cost11.35 billion taka[1]
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The Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover is the second largest flyover in Bangladesh. Its foundation stone was laid in 2011.[1][2]

The flyover was partially opened on 30 March 2016.[1] It was fully opened on 26 October 2017.[3]

Moghbazar - Mouchak flyover near Mouchak square

Graffiti

Graffiti on a pillar of the flyover

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered Atiqul Islam, the mayor of North Dhaka, to paint graffiti so that no one can put posters on the pillars of the flyover. She wanted rickshaw artists to be employed in these graffiti drawings.[4] As of 12 April 2023, the graffiti work on the four pillars of the flyover has been completed.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Long-awaited Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover opens in Dhaka". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover opens to traffic". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover opens to traffic". The Daily Star. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  4. ^ পোস্টার ঠেকাতে ফ্লাইওভারের পিলারে 'গ্রাফিতি'. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 10 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ দৃশ্যদূষণ ঠেকাতে নান্দনিক আলপনায় মগবাজার ফ্লাইওভারের পিলার. Ajker Patrika (in Bengali). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.


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