Purbachal Expressway is a , eight-lane-wide avenue expressway in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

, Bangladesh. This expressway connects Purbachal to eastern Dhaka.

History

In 2005, a proposal involving development for project of Purbachal was passed. In that proposal an eight-lane expressway was mentioned. But

RAJUK Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (abbreviated as RAJUK; literally the Capital Development Authority of the Government of Bangladesh) is a Bangladeshi public agency responsible for coordinating urban development in Dhaka, Bangladesh. RAJUK is compo ...

started the expressway project with a four-lane road in 2013 because of fund shortage. RAJUK built the link road with Tk 300 crore. In 2015 Detailed Area Plan passed by ECNEC. In the new plan a road with 100-foot canal on the both side of road was added. For this road project a budget of Tk 5,287 crore was mentioned. After completing the existing project, To expanding the road into 8-lane expressway, government had to reshaped the project in November 2018. The budget for the project was revised to Tk 10,330 crore. For the revision and canal the 300 feet road will be built as 235 feet. It has been decided to reconstruct the expressway by Bangladesh Army instead of RAJUK.

Specifications

Under the project, canals, walkways, Iulups, multiple bridges for crossing the canal, multiple foot overbridges for expressway crossing, sluice gates, water bus stops and sewer lines are being constructed for the expressway.

Gazipur–Dhaka–Narayanganj connectivity

An expressway under construction named

Dhaka Bypass Expressway Dhaka Bypass Expressway is an under construction controlled-access highway located in the division of Dhaka. The project is a section of Asian Highway 1. The primary purpose of construction was to reduce heavy traffic on access roads and highw ...

will connect

Gazipur Gazipur ( bn, গাজীপুর) is a city in central Bangladesh. It is located in the Gazipur District. It is a major industrial city north of Dhaka. It is a hub for the textile industry in Bangladesh. Its other name is Joydebpur. Demogra ...

and

Narayanganj Narayanganj ( bn, নারায়ণগঞ্জ ''Naraeongônj'') is a city in central Bangladesh. It is in the Narayanganj District, about southeast of the capital city of Dhaka, and has a population of about 2 million. It is the 6th larges ...

district through Purbachal Expressway.

References

{{reflist Purbachal Roads in Dhaka Expressways in Bangladesh