A span is being installed on pillars of the Padma Bridge in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 19, 2020. (Xinhua)

The 33rd span of the Chinese-built Padma bridge, the largest in Bangladesh, has been installed, making almost 5 km of the main structure of the bridge visible Monday.

Dewan Abdul Quader, a senior Bangladeshi engineer of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project, told Xinhua Monday that engineers of China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Co, Ltd (MBEC) on Monday morning successfully installed the around 3,200-ton span which was placed on the pillars 3 and 4 of the bridge.

A span is being installed on pillars of the Padma Bridge in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 19, 2020. (Xinhua)

 
With the installation of the 150-meter span, 33 out of the total 41 spans have been installed on the 6.15-km bridge, and 4,950 meters of the bridge is now visible.

Quader said two more spans will be installed this month, while the rest will be installed by December. 

A span is being installed on pillars of the Padma Bridge in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 19, 2020. (Xinhua)

  
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the main works of the Padma bridge project, the biggest of its kind in the country, in December 2015.

Apart from connecting nearly 30 million people in Bangladesh's southwest region to the rest of the country, the bridge will also enhance regional trade and collaboration along the Asian highway No. 1 and the Trans-Asian railway network.