Bangladesh's largest Padma Bridge almost half done

After a Chinese company on Wednesday installed another span of Bangladesh's largest Padma Bridge, half of the 6-km bridge is nearly visible.

With the installation of the 150-meter long span, 2,850 meters of the bridge is now visible.

Bangladeshi government officials, among others, witnessed the installation process of the 19th span among the 41 on the 6.15-km bridge and at the construction site of the bridge.

According to the officials, the construction of the Padma Bridge is now again going on in full swing with favorable weather.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the main works of Padma Bridge project, the biggest of its kind in the country, in December 2015.

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.

The bridge constructed by the China Major Bridge Engineering Company is expected to be opened by 2022.