Gangai Bridge

Gangai Bridge
Coordinates8°27′36.80″N 81°13′49.10″E / 8.4602222°N 81.2303056°E / 8.4602222; 81.2303056
CarriesMotor vehicles on the A15 highway
CrossesMahavali Gangai
LocaleGangaithurai, Trincomalee District
Characteristics
Total length245 m (804 ft)
History
Construction costLKR956 million
Inaugurated19 October 2011 (2011-10-19)
Location
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Gangai Bridge is a road bridge across Mahavali Gangai (Mahaweli Ganga) in eastern Sri Lanka. The bridge was formally opened on 19 October 2011.[1]

The bridge is 245 m (804 ft) long.[2] The bridge cost 956 million rupees (US$8.7 million) and was financed by a soft loan from the French Development Agency's Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project and the Sri Lankan Government's Kilakku Vasantham (Eastern Awakening) programme.[1][3][4] The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway.[2] The bridge replaced a ferry boat service that had been transporting people and vehicles across the river.[1][2][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Five New Bridges in the Eastern Province -19 October 2011". Northern Provincial Council. 20 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b c "President to commission five new bridges". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project funded by French Development Agency in Sri Lanka : A15, B10 and C- Class Coastal road rehabilitation". France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18.
  4. ^ "French Government boosts development in Trincomalee". Financial Times, Sri Lanka. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. ^ Amarajeewa, Amadoru (23 October 2011). "Now Trinco-Batti road journey sans ferries". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).


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