Oddamavadi Bridge Explained

Bridge Name:Oddamavadi Bridge
Native Name:ஓட்டமாவடிப் பாலம்
Carries:3 lanes (2 lanes of highway and 1 railway)
Locale:Oddamavadi, Sri Lanka
Owner:Ministry of Ports & Highways
Maint:Road Development Authority
Crosses:Valaichchenai lagoon
Designer:British Ceylon & Sri Lanka
Design:Truss bridge (old)
Cantilever bridge (new)
Material:Iron, cement
Length:2500NaN0
Width:10.50NaN0
Below:Rs.2.6 billion
Begin:2007(New)
Complete:1924 (Old)[1]
2010 (New)
Cost:Rs.770 million
Coordinates:7.9213°N 81.515°W

Oddamavadi Bridge (Tamil: ஓட்டமாவடிப் பாலம்) is a road bridge in Oddamavadi, Sri Lanka a length of 250 meters.[2] It crosses the Valaichchenai Lagoon at Batticaloa. The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomallee highway. It comprises 2 bridges, a British Ceylon era truss bridge which is used as road-rail bridge, and a newly built bridge carrying 2 lanes of highway. The new two lane bridge is 2500NaN0 long and 10.50NaN0 wide. The new Oddamavadi bridge was built with financial assistance of the Spanish Government and the World Bank.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.thinakaran.lk/2009/09/07/_art.asp?fn=d0909072 Thinakaran newspaper
  2. Web site: New bridge for Oddamavadi . Ministry of Defence and Urban Development . 20 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228200330/http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20100404_01 . 28 February 2014 .
  3. Web site: Batticaloa Oddamavadi Bridge nearing completion . Policy Research & Information Unit of the Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka . 20 February 2014.
  4. Web site: President opens the Oddamavadi Bridge . Colombo Page . 20 February 2014.