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For easier and better communication between Calcutta and the then Eastern Bengal &
Assam a proposal was made in 1889 for the construction of a railway bridge over the Padma.
This proposal was passed in 1908.
Engineer Sir Robert Gailes was selected for supervision for the entire project.
In 1909 Survey started. Under 1910-1911 embankments were erected on the both
sides of the river for the protection of the proposed bridge.
1912:guide bank construction started
24,400 workers worked for five years
length:5,800feet,number of Garters(spans):15, each 360 feet long
Opening:Feb.4,1915 by
Lord Hardinge, Vice Roy of the British India
Opened for passenger traffic:Feb.25,1915.
The Hardinge Bridge was severely damaged during the WOL 1971.It was on the 13th December,1971
when the Indian Air Force plane bombed on the 4th garter from the Paksey side.As the Pakistani army was on retreat towards Jessore,their last stronghold,
the Harding's bridge was strategically very important.The allied force damaged the bridge The Japanese Government helped to reconstruct the bridge.
Another bridge for road transport beside the Harding's Bridge
is recently constructed,named after the
great sufi of Kushtia-Lalan Shah. |
