The country’s first expressway

The 55-kilometer Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga superhighway, the country's first-ever access-controlled expressway, is a significant addition to the country’s existing infrastructure which is, by any means, inadequate. This expressway undoubtedly has improved road connectivity of the country’s south with the capital.

It is not only in the jam-packed capital, even on highways on various routes from the capital travelers lose their valuable time. Not long ago, in the route from Dhaka to Tangail to Bangabandhu Bridge, people spent about 12 hours during Eids. This situation has not still improved much despite the fact that huge money is being spent for the improvement of infrastructure. The work on the four-lane highway is still going on and once it is completed, the traffic movement on this route will improve. But since during vacations from the centralised Dhaka city, people flock to their homes in villages and towns, long jams on the roads will occur killing their time.

If people had options such as faster trains running between the schedule, people would not go for road travel in this country because it also involves the accident factor. The word of those people who can afford air travel does not come here however. Therefore, the country’s road infrastructure has to be improved a lot with such project as the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway so that people’s travel time becomes shorter and vehicles move in a disciplined way.

Indeed the Jatrabari-Mawa-Bhanga expressway on Dhaka-Khulna Highway opened a new era. With its two service lanes, five flyovers, 19 underpasses, two interchanges, four railway over-bridges, four large bridges, 25 small bridges and 54 culverts, will ensure uninterrupted movement of vehicles reducing the travel time greatly. Because of this expressway, now it’ll take only 30 minutes for commuters to reach Mawa from Dhaka. Once the construction of Padma Bridge is completed, it’ll take only 45 minutes to reach Bhanga from Dhaka.

For improving road infrastructure, two things have to be kept in mind. All rural areas of the country must have fairly good communication network connecting to the capital and the highways have to be faster than it is now. Bangladesh will pick up with the rest of the world if communication network of the country becomes smarter and swifter with drastic reduction in road fatalities.

 

The countrys first expressway

The 55-kilometer Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga superhighway, the countrys first-ever access-controlled expressway, is a significant addition to the countrys existing infrastructure which is, by any means, inadequate. This expressway undoubtedly has improved road connectivity of the countrys south with the capital. It is not only in the jam-packed capital, even on highways on various routes from the capital travelers lose their valuable time. Not long ago, in the route from Dhaka to Tangail to Bangabandhu Bridge, people spent about 12 hours during Eids. This situation has not still improved much despite the fact that huge money is being spent for the improvement of infrastructure. The work on the four-lane highway is still going on and once it is completed, the traffic movement on this route will improve. But since during vacations from the centralised Dhaka city, people flock to their homes in villages and towns, long jams on the roads will occur killing their time. If people had options such as faster trains running between the schedule, people would not go for road travel in this country because it also involves the accident factor. The word of those people who can afford air travel does not come here however. Therefore, the countrys road infrastructure has to be improved a lot with such project as the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway so that peoples travel time becomes shorter and vehicles move in a disciplined way. Indeed the Jatrabari-Mawa-Bhanga expressway on Dhaka-Khulna Highway opened a new era. With its two service lanes, five flyovers, 19 underpasses, two interchanges, four railway over-bridges, four large bridges, 25 small bridges and 54 culverts, will ensure uninterrupted movement of vehicles reducing the travel time greatly. Because of this expressway, now itll take only 30 minutes for commuters to reach Mawa from Dhaka. Once the construction of Padma Bridge is completed, itll take only 45 minutes to reach Bhanga from Dhaka. For improving road infrastructure, two things have to be kept in mind. All rural areas of the country must have fairly good communication network connecting to the capital and the highways have to be faster than it is now. Bangladesh will pick up with the rest of the world if communication network of the country becomes smarter and swifter with drastic reduction in road fatalities.