Teesta Railway Bridge

Type: সেতু

Contributed By: Nayeem ,Mortaza Khaled,Geo Location,Invite to bd

Brief

Teesta Railway Bridge is the third largest railway bridge of the country lengths about 2000 feet and constructed in the year 1834.

In 1978, to manage load of road vehicles for Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and beyond by ferry, the then president Ziaur Rahman instructed the Railway and Roads authority to set wooden sleepers in the rail bridge between the rails for all types of vehicular movement. Same year, March 4, President Ziaur Rahman inaugurated the bridge for vehicular movement. The bridge restores the communication from divisional headquarters of Rangpur with two districts, Lalmonirhat and Kurigram.

The bridge is now in broken-down condition and needs major repair. For motor vehicles construction of a road bridge began next to it in 2006 for completion by 2009 at a cost of Tk 1.22 billion which is now expected to be opened in June 2012.

How to go

Dhaka and Rangpur are linked by road. Some of the bus services are listed below for your assistance.

1. S R Travels:
Contact: 0119-1863689, 0119-1863691, 0119-863673

2. Green line Paribahan:
Contact: 00-02-9112287, 9133145, 017-300-60006

3. T R Travels:
Contact: Kaylanpur: 01711-394801, 9033793,
Gabtoli: 9031226
Mohakhali: 0155-231 5831,
Uttora: 01711-394 804.

4. Mim Paribahan:
Contact: Gabtoli: 01911-01 36 94, 01734- 42 29 71

5. Alhamra Travels:
Contact: Gabtoli: 88-02-9005612 Cell: 01721-802 031

6. Kurigram Paribahan:
Contact: 01924-469 437, 01914-856 826

Dhaka and Rangpur is also linked by railway. Some necessary information of train services are given below for your assistance.

Train Name: Rangpur Express
Train operates every day except Sundays.
Departure Time from Dhaka: 9:00
Arrival Time in Rangpur: 19:00

Where to Stay

The accommodation facilities in Rangpur are now much more developed than before. There are many hotels/motels in the district. Some of the places you may consider staying in Rangpur are listed below for your assistance:

1. Parjatan Motel
Contact: 0521-62111

2. Hotel North view
Contact: 0521-55405, 052155406
Web: http://hotelnorthview.com/

3. Hotel Caspia
Contact: +880521-61111, +8801977-227742

4. Hotel Golden Tower
Contact: 65920

5. The Park Hotel
Contact: 0521 66718

6. Hotel Tillottama
Contact: 0521 63482, 01718 938424

Things to do

You can also visit Teesta Barrage Park and Resident area and take photos of the park.

Eating Facilities

Map

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Hatirpool Bridge is located near Beriura Bazar at Sarail Upazila, Brahmanbaria on the way to Dhaka-Chittagong road. A road was built by Dewan Shabaz Ali from Sorail to Shabazpur during 1650 A.D. Many assume that this bridge was built at that time. Locally it is known as ‘Hatir Pool’. It is said that Dewans used to cross the river on back of elephant over this bridge.

This brick built bridge is curved in from with one big arched opening. Hatir Pool is a protected monument of Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh.

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Shah Jalal Bridge is a bridge from where you can clearly view the Surma River.

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Gurr River, the actual name of this place is Nagar River, but popularly known by the locals as Gurr. It is one of the beautiful rivers of Bangladesh. It is situated at Singra Upazila of Natore district near “Singra Upazila Health Complex”. It is very small but, looks very pleasant. There is a very large sized bill beside this river. The coordinate is 24° 30' 54.43" N 89° 8' 42.75" E. The Bridge was built years ago, the exact year was not found, but it’s really helping the people in establishing business connection on both sides of the river.

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Rangamati is a popular place in Bangladesh. It is located seventy seven kilometers away from Chittagong City.

There are some naturally exotic places located in this district which attracts traveler from different directions of country and abroad every year. Among these tourist places Hanging Bridge is more famous and attractive for its uniqueness. Architectural beauty and exotic natural view from this bridge is something very amazing for traveler.

Whenever a traveler wish to pay a visit in this spot he/she may enjoy several adjacent features along with that. Kaptai Lake is dispersed all around the place and several attractions like Shuvolong Waterfall, DC Bungalow and Peda ting ting is reachable through the channel of this Lake.

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