Maitri Setu, Road bridge between Sabroom, India and Ramgarh, Bangladesh.
Maitri Setu is a single-span pre-stressed concrete bridge over the Feni River, linking Sabroom in Tripura, India, with Ramgarh in Chittagong, Bangladesh. Its main span is 150 metres, while the full crossing including approach roads measures 1.9 kilometres. The bridge carries road traffic and connects National Highway 8 in India to the Baraiyaghat-Magarcheri Road in Bangladesh.
In June 2015, Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone of Maitri Setu. India funded the bridge and its approach roads on both sides, with construction carried out by Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon Private Limited of Ahmedabad. The two prime ministers inaugurated the bridge by video conference on 9 March 2021.
The name translates to Friendship Bridge and reflects closer economic cooperation between both neighboring countries. Traders and travelers now use the connection regularly for goods transport and personal contact across the border.
Cross the bridge during regular border post opening hours and keep travel documents ready. Traffic flows more calmly than at larger crossings and allows a relaxed handling of formalities.
The bridge proper spans only 150 metres; the rest of the 1.9-kilometre figure comes from approach roads and a 232-metre companion bridge, 177 metres of which lie in Bangladesh. The contractor was Ahmedabad-based Dineshchandra R. Agrawal Infracon, and the tender was approved at ₹82.67 crore.
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