Rupsha Railway Bridge রুপসা রেল সেতু
Rupsha Railway Bridge
Coordinates	22°45′51″N 89°34′44″E / 22.76411785614008°N 89.57900167833702°E / 22.76411785614008; 89.57900167833702
Carries	Broad-Gauge Rail-line
Crosses	Rupsha River
Locale	Labanchara- Khulna Metro Area & Khanrabad, Batiaghata Upazila, Khulna District, Bangladesh
Owner	Bangladesh Railway
Characteristics
Total length	5.13 kilometres (3 mi)
History
Opened	June, 2023
Location

Rupsha Railway Bridge is a railway bridge on Rupsha River . This bridge connects Khulna with Port of Mongla by railway network.^[1] Bangladesh Railway and Indian Larsen & Toubro Limited signed an agreement to construct the bridge.^[2] The bridge total length 5.13 kilometres (3.19 mi) long.^[3]

Project details

Khulna-Mongla Railway Project was passed by ECNEC on 21 December 2010. This project is divided into three parts. First one is to construct the railway, second one is to build a bridge over Rupsha and third one is to construct the signaling system. Estimated cost of this project is 1,076.445 crore taka. The bridge has 7 nos. of 102.4m long Double Warren Open-web Truss Girders with 136 nos. of 32.2 m long Composite Plate Girders for Viaducts on either side. This project will be finished in 2024.^[4] STUP Consultants P Limited of India is the Engineering Consultants for Design and Construction Supervision Services. STUP Consultants got associated with this Project since 1 January 2018. The construction work of the bridge was completed on 25 June 2022.^[5]

Features

• Height: 16 metres (52 ft) from the land level.
• Number of Spans: 136 nos. of 32.2 m long Steel Composite Plate Girders on Viaduct on both end with 7 nos. of 102.4 m long Double Warren Type Truss Girders for the main bridge.
• Number of Piles: 1.0 m Dia 836 nos. of Piles for Viaducts and 2.5 m Dia 72 nos. of Piles for the main bridge and Fenders. Average length of 2.5 m dia pile for main bridge is about 65 m
• Number of Piers & Pier Caps: 136 + 8 = 144.