Upparu Bridge

Upparu Bridge
Coordinates 8°28′11.50″N 81°12′10.60″E / 8.4698611°N 81.2029444°E / 8.4698611; 81.2029444Coordinates: 8°28′11.50″N 81°12′10.60″E / 8.4698611°N 81.2029444°E / 8.4698611; 81.2029444
Carries Motor vehicles on the A15 highway
Crosses Uppu Aru
Locale Upparu, Trincomalee District
Characteristics
Total length 315 m (1,033 ft)
History
Construction cost LKR995 million
Inaugurated 19 October 2011 (2011-10-19)
Location in Sri Lanka

Upparu Bridge is a road bridge across Uppu Aru in eastern Sri Lanka. The bridge was formally opened on 19 October 2011.[1]

The bridge is 315 m (1,033 ft) long.[2] The bridge cost 995 million rupees (US$9 million) and was financed by a soft loan from the French Development Agency's Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project and the Sri Lankan Government's Kilakku Vasantham (Eastern Awakening) programme.[1][3][4] The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway.[2] The bridge replaced a ferry boat service that had been transporting people and vehicles across the river.[1][2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Five New Bridges in the Eastern Province -19 October 2011". Northern Provincial Council. 20 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "President to commission five new bridges". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 14 October 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project funded by French Development Agency in Sri Lanka : A15, B10 and C- Class Coastal road rehabilitation". France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2011-10-23.
  4. ↑ "French Government boosts development in Trincomalee". Financial Times, Sri Lanka. 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  5. ↑ Amarajeewa, Amadoru (23 October 2011). "Now Trinco-Batti road journey sans ferries". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka).
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