Thondamannar Bridge() is a road and pedestrian bridge on the

Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...

Point Pedro Point Pedro ( ta, பருத்தித்துறை, translit=Paruttittuṟai; si, පේදුරු තුඩුව, translit=Pēduru Tuḍuva) is a town, located in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka, at the northernmost point of the island. ...

highway across the

Vadamarachchi Lagoon Vadamarachchi lagoon ( ta, வடமராட்சி கடல்நீரேரி) is a lagoon in Jaffna District, northern Sri Lanka. The lagoon is sometimes referred to as Thondamannar lagoon. The lagoon separates the Vadamarachchi region f ...

near the Valvettithurai town of the

Northern Province, Sri Lanka The Northern Province ( ta, வட மாகாணம் ''Vaṭa Mākāṇam''; si, උතුරු පළාත ''Uturu Paḷāta'') is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of the country. The province ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

. It was built in 1953 and destroyed in 1987, and rebuilt afterwards in 2004. The Thondamannar Bridge was primarily used as a barrage since the beginning of its construction period to prevent sea water entering the

that serves as a primary water source for several villages in the neighborhood. The Barrage was destroyed in 1987 when it came under fire from the

Sri Lankan Army ta, இலங்கை இராணுவம் , image = File:Sri Lanka Army Logo.png , image_size = 180px , caption = Emblem of the Sri Lanka Army , start_date ...

. The sluice gates before its destruction played a dual role not only preventing seawater entering into the villages but also allowing the floodwater flowing from the land-side into the sea during rainy season. The bridge along with the barrage was rebuilt by the Department of Irrigation in 2004 and now serves the

highway, a key link in the Jaffna District and the Northern Province.

References

Bridges completed in 1953 Bridges in Jaffna District {{Asia-bridge-struct-stub