Lalon Shah Bridge

Type: Bridge

Contributed By: Nayeem ,Doeita,Mahmudur Rahman Khan,Rifat Hasan Rony,Sadi Khan,Shameem Bakhshi,Shohel Sikder

Brief

Lalon Shah Bridge (Bengali: লালন শাহ সেতু), also known as the Paksey Bridge, is a road bridge in Bangladesh over the river Padma, situated between Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna on the east, and Bheramara Upazila of Kushtia on the west. Named after early 19th century mystic poet Lalon Shah of Chhewuriya, Kushtia District, the bridge was completed in 2004.

The bridge is 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) long and is the fourth longest road bridge of the country, after Jamuna Bridge, Meghna Bridge and Meghna-Gomti bridge. It provides important road connection to Mongla port of Khulna District in the south from Rajshahi division and Rangpur division, the northern part of Bangladesh. It is situated parallel to and south (downstream) of Hardinge Bridge.

How to go

It is located in between Iswardi Upazila of Pabna on the east and Bhremana Upazila of Kushtia on the east, parallel to Hardinge Bridge. Referred how to reach Pabna/Iswardi from Dhaka. For direction to Lalon Shah Bridge see http://bit.ly/1lKx20D

How To Reach: Kushtia District

By Road

You can travel to Kushtia from Dhaka by bus. Some of the bus services have been listed below for your assistance:

1. SB Super Deluxe
Gabtoli Counter, Phone: 02-9000627
Fare: TK 600 (AC), TK 450 (Non AC)

2. Shyamoli Paribahan
Gabtoli counter, Phone: 01711-987 028

Where to Stay

There are some hotels in the district where you may consider staying in. Some of them have been listed below for your assistance:

1. Azmiree hotel
Contact: 071-53012

2. Desha Guest house
Contact: 01720510212

3. Hotel Al-Amin
Contact: 071-54193

4. Hotel Gold Star
Contact: 071-61675

5. Hotel River view
Contact: 071-71660

Eating Facilities

Enjoy the exotic view of river on top of the bridge. Or you can take pictures.

Map

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Panam area is formed as a part of the Muslim metropolis, developed on the south of the old city, and perhaps constituted as the place of residence of the early Muslim governors'. After the Mughal conquest of Sonargaon (1611), the Panam area was connected with the ruling metropolis by construction of highways and bridges. Panam still possesses three brick bridges belonging to the Mughal period: Panam Bridge, Dalalpur Bridge and Panamnagar Bridge. The existence of these bridges and the canals enclosing the site on three sides is indicative of its being a suburban area of the medieval city.

Panam Bridge a fine old bridge constructed originally over a canal on a village road from Hajiganj to Baidyer Bazar, now located a little further to the east of Habibpur on a pucca road between Companyganj and Bari Majlis in Sonargaon. It was originally known as Companyganj ka Pul (কোম্পানিগঞ্জের পুল). The Bridge measuring about 53 meter in length and 5 metre in breadth consists of three arches, the middle arch being wider and higher providing easy passage of boats underneath. The steep roadway is formed of bricks circularly arranged. The architectural feature places the bridge to belong to the Mughal period (17th century).

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Keane Bridge was named after Sir Micheal Keane who was English governor of Assam from 1932-1937, located on top of Surma river and it is known as the gateway to Sylhet. It was built in the year 1936. Standing on 1150 feet tall and with a width of 18 feet, this bridge the sign of many history. The budget required to build this bridge was 5.6 million taka.

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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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Puran Para Railway bridge is located at puran para (পুরান পাড়া) area of Narsingdi Sadar. It is one of the renowned and popular public places in Narsingdi district for wondering around.

This place belongs a narrow road heading toward the river Arial Kha. This road is unique as it contains rows of green trees on its both side making its beauty far more natural and people of different ages use this road for their morning or evening walk.

Besides, if someone go ahead following this beautiful road then he/she will be ended up in the bank of river Arial kha and a newly constructed iron made railway bridge which is obviously a gorgeous one to visit recurrently.

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