Gangai Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:	Gangai Bridge
Carries:	Motor vehicles on the A15 highway
Crosses:	Mahavali Gangai
Locale:	Gangaithurai, Trincomalee District
Length:	2450NaN0
Cost:	LKR956 million
Coordinates:	8.4602°N 81.2303°W

Gangai Bridge is a road bridge across Mahavali Gangai (Mahaweli Ganga) in eastern Sri Lanka. The bridge was formally opened on 19 October 2011.^[1]

The bridge is 2450NaN0 long.^[2] The bridge cost 956 million rupees (US$8.7 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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Five New Bridges in the Eastern Province -19 October 2011 . Northern Provincial Council. 20 October 2011.
2. News: President to commission five new bridges. Daily News (Sri Lanka). 14 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111016181241/http://www.dailynews.lk/2011/10/14/news30.asp. 16 October 2011.
3. Web site: Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project funded by French Development Agency in Sri Lanka : A15, B10 and C- Class Coastal road rehabilitation. https://archive.today/20120718061550/http://www.ambafrance-lk.org/spip.php?article823. dead. 2012-07-18. France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
4. News: French Government boosts development in Trincomalee. Financial Times, Sri Lanka. 23 April 2011. 23 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401091348/http://www.ft.lk/2011/04/23/french-government-boosts-development-in-trincomalee/. 1 April 2012. dead. dmy-all.
5. News: Amarajeewa. Amadoru. Now Trinco-Batti road journey sans ferries. Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 23 October 2011.