Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover

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Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover
Coordinates 23°45′19″N90°23′59″E / 23.7554°N 90.3996°E / 23.7554; 90.3996
Locale Dhaka
Characteristics
Total length8.25 km
History
Constructed bySimplex Navana Joyti, Metalargical Construction Overseas Company, Toma Constructions Ltd
Construction start2011
Construction end26 October 2017
Construction cost11.35 billion taka [1]
Location
Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover

The Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover is the second largest flyover in Bangladesh. Its foundation stone was laid in 2011. [1] [2]

The flyover was partially opened on 30 March 2016. [1] It was fully opened on 26 October 2017. [3]

Moghbazar - Mouchak flyover near Mouchak square Dhaka Moghbazar-Mouchak flyover 03.jpg
Moghbazar - Mouchak flyover near Mouchak square

Graffiti

Graffiti on a pillar of the flyover Graffiti in malibag-mogbazar flyover 04.jpg
Graffiti on a pillar of the flyover

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered Atiqul Islam, the mayor of North Dhaka, to paint graffiti so that no one can put posters on the pillars of the flyover. She wanted rickshaw artists to be employed in these graffiti drawings. [4] As of 12 April 2023, the graffiti work on the four pillars of the flyover has been completed. [5]

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References

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