Khan Jahan Ali Bridge ( bn, খান জাহান আলী সেতু) is a bridge over
Rupsa River
Rupsa is a village development committee in Kalikot District in the Karnali Zone of north-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Stat ...
in
Khulna,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
and named after
Khan Jahan Ali
Ulugh Khān Jahān `Alī ( bn, উলুগ খান জাহান আলী), was a Muslim saint and the Khan-i-Azam of Khalifatabad (now in Bangladesh). It is believed that he built the great Mosque City of Bagerhat, now a UNESCO World Heri ...
. The bridge is also known as Rupsa bridge.
History
In 2004, workers working at the construction site were harassed by
Purba Banglar Communist Party who were trying to extort the firms involved in the construction of the bridge.
Location
The bridge is located 4.80 km far from Khulna Town. It is called the gateway of Khulna because this bridge connects the Southern districts of Bangladesh with
Mongla, the second largest sea port of Bangladesh. The length of the bridge is 1.6 km and its width is 16.48 meters.
See also
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Rupsha Rail Bridge
Rupsha Railway Bridge is a railway bridge on Rupsha River under construction. This bridge will connect Khulna with Port of Mongla by railway network. Bangladesh Railway
Bangladesh Railway ( bn, বাংলাদেশ রেলওয়ে ...
References
{{Bridges in Bangladesh
Road bridges in Bangladesh
Bridges over the Rupsha