Postogola bridge opened after 16 days, traffic resume

Traffic movement on the busy Postogola Bridge on the Buriganga River, one of Dhaka's gateways, resumed on Saturday morning after remaining closed for 16 days due to repair works.

Mohammad Nazmul Haque, Superintendent Engineer (Narayanganj Circle) of the Roads and Highways Division (RHD) said, “The repair work has been completed. The bridge was opened for traffic from 6:00am on Saturday.”

Mentionable, the repair work of Postogola Bridge started on February 22. Since then the bridge has been closed to heavy vehicles like trucks, pickup vans, covered vans and lorries. Later, movement of buses, microbuses, cars and other vehicles were also stopped at various stages.