Bridge spanning Nepal’s Bagmati River open to traffic

The bridge linking Old Baneshwor and Sinamangal over the Bagmati River in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has now been officially opened. This was carried out by the former minister for Physical Planning and Transport although the bridge itself had been open to traffic for five months prior to the inauguration. The old bridge had to be closed after one of the piers subsided in September 2009, a common problem for bridges in Nepal. The Nepalese Government has initiated the new bridge in January 2010. There have be
April 3, 2014 Read time: 1 min
The subsidence in the old Bagmati River Bridge on the left of the image can be seen clearly and resulted in the structure being closed to traffic
The bridge linking Old Baneshwor and Sinamangal over the Bagmati River in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu has now been officially opened. This was carried out by the former minister for Physical Planning and Transport although the bridge itself had been open to traffic for five months prior to the inauguration. The old bridge had to be closed after one of the piers subsided in September 2009, a common problem for bridges in Nepal. The 5283 Nepalese Government has initiated the new bridge in January 2010. There have been issues regarding the time needed to open the new bridge, which was initially expected to take only 18 months to build but actually took four years. The bridge is 40m long by 9m wide and features a two span design and replaces the earlier structure completed in 1965.
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