CHATTOGRAM, Oct 26, 2024 (BSS)- Kalurghat Bridge over the Karnaphuli River will open for traffic tomorrow after completing 14 months long renovation works.

Railway Eastern General Manager (GM) Mohammad Nazmul Islam said renovation works of the bridge has been completed. 

The 239-metre Kalurghat bridge, built in 1930, became unfit for both train and road traffic.

BUET expert team recently recommended resuming traffic on the bridge which was closed on August 1 in 2023 for renovation work.
  
The rail cum road-bridge now can also be crossed on foot as walkways were constructed on the bridge, he said.

The renovation works has been done at the cost of Taka 55 crore to make the bridge suitable for easy vehicular movement side by side plying of the intercity train on Dhaka-Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar route which was commissioned on November 12, 2023.