Marikhali Bridge is a pair of parallel prestressed concrete girder bridges in Bangladesh. [1] It is located along the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, about 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) north of the more famous Meghna Bridge. [2] Below is the traffic on the bridge in 2004:
Prestressed concrete is a form of concrete used in construction that, while under construction, is substantially "prestressed" (compressed) in the areas that will be subjected to tensile forces while in service in order to strengthen it against these forces.
A girder bridge is a bridge that uses girders as the means of supporting its deck. The two most common types of modern steel girder bridge are plate and box.
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a sovereign country in South Asia. It shares land borders with India and Myanmar (Burma). The country's maritime territory in the Bay of Bengal is roughly equal to the size of its land area. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous country as well as its most densely-populated, to the exclusion of small island nations and city-states. Dhaka is its capital and largest city, followed by Chittagong, which has the country's largest port. Bangladesh forms the largest and easternmost part of the Bengal region. Bangladeshis include people from a range of ethnic groups and religions. Bengalis, who speak the official Bengali language, make up 98% of the population. The politically dominant Bengali Muslims make the nation the world's third largest Muslim-majority country. Islam is the official religion of Bangladesh.
| Vehicle [2] | Truck [2] | Bus [2] | Light Vehicle [2] | Motorcycle [2] | Total [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2004 | 5,487 | 4,545 | 1,423 | 812 | 12,282 |
