Night Ride On Mawa Express Highway | Dhaka Mawa Expressway | Dhaka Mawa Highway

The 54.7km four-lane Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway is expected to reduce travel time between Dhaka and Faridpur by several hours, improving connectivity between the capital and the southern districts.

The four-lane highway, designed for fast traffic, will reduce Dhaka-Faridpur's travel time by several hours. Bangladesh’s first-ever expressway, from Dhaka to Faridpur's Bhanga Upazila.

Commuters will be able to take full advantage of the expressway after the now under-construction Padma Bridge is completed. According to the Bridges Division, the 6.15km multipurpose bridge will likely be opened to traffic in June 2021.

It is also part of the Asian Highway 1 (AH1), connecting Dhaka and Kolkata through the Benapole border, which will make international journeys more comfortable.

Now, commuters usually spend seven to eight hours reaching Faridpur from Dhaka as their usual route is only a two-lane road, which almost always suffers from severe gridlock.

Moreover, a limited number of ferries and their slow movement contribute to making the journeys needlessly longer. All of these will change once the expressway opens to traffic.

RHD and Special Work Organization of Bangladesh Army, under the supervision of the Road Transport and Highways Division, are implementing the project at a cost of Tk11,003.90 crore.

Initially, the estimated project cost was Tk6,252 crore and was scheduled to be completed by December 2018. It was later revised to Tk6,892 crore, but the construction was still only half done with the allocated funds already spent.

The expressway was implemented in two parts — 34.7km from Jatrabari to Mawa and 20km from Pachchar to Bhanga, with each kilometer costing over Tk200 crore.

About the expressway

An expressway is an urban motorway or highway designed for fast traffic, with controlled access.

On the four-lane Dhaka-Bhanga Expressway, drivers will get four entry and exit points between Dhaka and Mawa, and three between Pachchar and Bhanga. Slow-moving vehicles will have to use two service lanes on either side of the expressway.

The expressway includes a five-meter-wide central reservation, two service roads, three large bridges over the Dhaleshwari and Arial Kha rivers, and 28 culverts and bridges of different lengths.

Six flyovers and four railroad overpasses have also been constructed under the project to ensure uninterrupted vehicular movement on the highway. Additionally, there will be designated space for elevated rail services.

The expressway starts from the Dholaipar intersection, where an artery of the Mayor Mohammad Hanif Flyover (Gulistan-Jatrabari) descends, and goes towards Mawa through the Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge (locally known as Postogola Bridge) over Buriganga River.

The bridge may briefly hamper a smooth journey as it is much narrower than the expressway. The Babubazar Bridge over the Buriganga also hinders easy passage in a similar way.

Project manager Mostafa said the government will also build two bridges over Buriganga River to improve the conditions of traffic going towards the expressway.

Night Ride On Mawa Express Highway | Dhaka Mawa Expressway | Dhaka Mawa Highway

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