General Information
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
|---|---|
| Material: |
Prestressed concrete bridge |
| Structure: |
Box girder bridge |
| Construction method: |
Precast girders with cast-in-situ slab |
| Material: |
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Location
| Location: |
Batticaloa, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| Replaces: |
Old Kallady Bridge (1924)
|
| Coordinates: | 7° 43' 9.05" N 81° 42' 26.04" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| width | 14 m | |
| total length | 288.35 m | |
| number of spans | 6 | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 1 | |
| girders | length | 48 m |
| weight | 180 t |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| deck slab |
reinforced concrete
|
| abutments |
reinforced concrete
|
| girders |
precast prestressed concrete
|
Case Studies and Applied Products
Kallady Bridge facilitates car traffic in Sri Lanka
The new Kallady Bridge connects the cities of Batticaloa and Arrasady in Sri Lanka. The steel Bailey Bridge, which was built by the British over 70 years ago, serves more than 10,000 motorists per day. Due to the narrow width of the brid ... [more]
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Kallady Bridge (Tamil: கல்லடிப் பாலம்; also known as the Lady Manning Bridge) is a road bridge in eastern Sri Lanka. It crosses the Batticaloa Lagoon at Batticaloa. The bridge is part of the A4 Colombo-Batticaloa highway.
History
The bridge was built in 1924 during British colonial rule. The bridge was named Lady Manning Bridge in honour of the wife of William Manning, the British Governor of Ceylon. It was the oldest and longest iron bridge in Sri Lanka. On average 10,000 vehicles crossed the narrow, single lane bridge daily. Accidents on the bridge would lead to traffic problems in the area.
Batticaloa's singing fish legend is associated with the bridge. In 1954 two American priests from St. Michael's College, Batticaloa, Rev. Fr. Lang and Rev. Fr. Moran, recorded fishes singing under the bridge. The recording was broadcast on Radio Ceylon in the 1960s.
In 2006 plans were drawn to build a new bridge parallel to the old one. Construction of the new bridge began in March 2008. Problems with the contractor led to another contractor being appointed. The new bridge was formally opened on 22 March 2013.
The new two lane bridge is 288.35 m (946 ft) long and 14 m (46 ft) wide. The bridge cost Rs. 2.6 billion (US$20 million) and was financed by a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency under the Pro-Poor Eastern Infrastructure Development Project.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Kallady Bridge" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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