Projects
Construction of Sangupiddy Bridge On Mannar – Pooneryn – Kerathivu Road (A32)
- Client: Road Development Authority
- Date of commencement: December 20, 2009
- Date of completion: January 16, 2011
The bridge on the lagoon between Kerathivu and Sangupiddy is 288 metres in length accommodating a 7.35m wide carriageway. The bridge is a pre-fabricated steel girder structure with an anti-skid steel deck system erected on a RCC structure founded on piled foundations. The bridge has reduced the distance between Colombo and Jaffna along the western coastal belt by 110 km.