The countrymen are going to get the 55 kilometer express expressway (flyover). The government will inaugurate the country's first Expressway in September this year. Expressway will be opened from Mawa and Shariatpur Pachhur to Faridpur at Bhanga, from Jurain. This will be part of the Asian Highway Corridor-1. Expressway was scheduled to open in April of 2019. However, it is being opened in the month of September, 2012. 8. Special operation organizations of the Bangladesh Army - SWO (West), are being constructed under the supervision of 8-lane Expressway Road and Highways Department. Expressway work is going to be completed before the due time in the proper supervision of the Special Works Organization of the Bangladesh Army. Road Transport and Construction Minister Obaidul Quader said in connection with Expressway, the people of Jurain have suffered a lot due to the construction of Expressway. Many people also complained to us. We were Concerns about the issue. With the help of everyone, Expressway works in the last phase. This expressway is the first in Bangladesh. It will be a part from Jurain to Mawa, and then there will be another part till the Padma Bridge after breaking from Jajira. When the lotus becomes, then the two parts will become one. We are going to build the first expressway in Bangladesh in front of that goal.
He also said that the Special Works Organization of the Bangladesh Army - SWO (West) is carrying out the responsibility of constructing it. Jurain has an alternative route. As a result there will be no suffering for the people here. The army is working very well. Expressway work will be completed from Jurain to Bhanga till the last week of September. After the inauguration of the Padma, the expressway will be reached from Jatrabari in the capital Dhaka's Jatrabari, reaching Vanga at Faridpur in just 42 minutes. To use the expressway toll, vehicles will have toll When it starts, you can carry a 55 kilometer non-stop drive from Jatrabari to Bhanga.
The completion date for the project under construction under construction of 6, 252 crore and 28 million taka was in April, Under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridge, the main road will be four lanes of this expressway of 55 kms six lanes from Mawa to Jatrabari interceptor on Dhaka-Khulna (N-8) highway at Bhanga, Faridpur under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridge. The two lanes will have separate roads on both sides of Expressway. So that slow vehicles can move. Except for certain points, it can not be moved to expressway and expreseway. Expressway will not have any traffic crossings.
Expressway construction will be done in two packages. In the first package, 35 kilometer from Jatrabari interceptor to Mawa and the second package from Shariatpur Pachhar to 20 km from Bhanga, Faridpur. The number of total bridges in Expressway will be 31. Among them, the PC girder's bridges will be 20 and 11 of the RCs. Besides, three major bridges will be constructed on Dhaleshwari-1 and Dhaleshwari-II and on the Arial Khan river.
Apart from this, there will be six flyovers in 45 culvert, Abdullahpur, Ducks, Srinagar, Kadamtali, Pulia Bazar and Sadarpur. Jurain, Kuchiamora, Srinagar and Atadi will have 4 railway overpages. As a great separator, 15 underpasses and 3 interchanges will be built. These will be Jatrabari, Tegaria of South Keraniganj and Bhangaa.
Two tollplaza will be built on the edge of Expressway. When the construction of Expressway is completed, the road connectivity of the capital city with the surrounding districts including Faridpur, Madaripur, Barisal, Shariatpur, Bagerhat, Gopalganj and Khulna districts will be safe and comfortable.