List of bridges in Sri Lanka
This is a
list of bridges in
Sri Lanka
.
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adding missing items
.
(
October 2011
)
Bridge
Province
District
DS Division
Location
Coordinates
Length (m)
Width (m)
Road / Railway
Crosses
Completed
Notes
Palk Strait bridge
Northern
Mannar
Mannar
Palk Strait
10°00′00″N
79°45′00″E
/
10.00000°N 79.75000°E
/
10.00000; 79.75000
(
Palk Strait bridge
)
23000
Asian Highway Network
Palk Strait
Proposed
Mahawewa Bridge
Western
Colombo
Mahawewa
3100
E02 OCH- Outer Circular Highway
2014
[
1
]
Aviththawa Bridge
Southern
Galle
Aviththawa
695
E01 Southern Expressway
Benthara River
2011
[
2
]
Kinniya Bridge
Eastern
Trincomalee
Kinniya
/
Trincomalee
Kinniya
8°30′25.20″N
81°11′27.60″E
/
8.5070000°N 81.1910000°E
/
8.5070000; 81.1910000
396
10
A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway
Kinniya Lagoon
2009
[
3
]
[
4
]
Upparu Bridge
Eastern
Trincomalee
Kinniya
Upparu
8°28′11.50″N
81°12′10.60″E
/
8.4698611°N 81.2029444°E
/
8.4698611; 81.2029444
315
A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway
Uppu Aru
2011
[
5
]
Manampitiya Bridge
North Central
Polonnaruwa
Manampitiya
302
10
A11 Maradankadawala-Tirikkondiadimadu highway
Mahaweli Ganga
2007
Irakkandi Bridge
Eastern
Trincomalee
Kuchchaveli
Irakkandi
300
7
B424 Pulmoddai-Trincomalee road
Irrakkandi Lagoon
2009
Kallady Bridge
Eastern
Batticaloa
Manmunai North
Kallady
7°43′09.50″N
81°42′26.40″E
/
7.7193056°N 81.7073333°E
/
7.7193056; 81.7073333
288
14
A4 Batticaloa-Kalmunai highway
Batticaloa Lagoon
1924
[
6
]
Sangupiddy Bridge
Northern
Jaffna
/
Kilinochchi
Nallur
/
Poonakary
Karaitivu /
Sangupiddy
9°33′57.60″N
80°11′52.70″E
/
9.5660000°N 80.1979722°E
/
9.5660000; 80.1979722
288
7
A32 Jaffna-Mannar highway
Jaffna Lagoon
2011
[
7
]
Arippu Bridge
Northern
Mannar
Musali
/
Nanaddan
Arippu
8°48′13.70″N
79°57′02.30″E
/
8.8038056°N 79.9506389°E
/
8.8038056; 79.9506389
258
7
B403 South Coast Road
(Mannar-Puttalam)
Aruvi Aru
2011
Oddamavadi Bridge
Eastern
Batticaloa
Koralai Pattu West
Oddamavadi
7°55′17″N
81°30′54″E
/
7.92139°N 81.51500°E
/
7.92139; 81.51500
250
10.5
A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway
Valaichchenai lagoon
2010
[
8
]
Gangai Bridge
Eastern
Trincomalee
Kinniya
/
Muttur
Gangaithurai
8°27′36.80″N
81°13′49.10″E
/
8.4602222°N 81.2303056°E
/
8.4602222; 81.2303056
245
A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway
Mahavali Gangai
2011
[
5
]
Manmunai Bridge
Eastern
Batticaloa
-
Manmunai
7°38′16.84″N
81°43′47.79″E
/
7.6380111°N 81.7299417°E
/
7.6380111; 81.7299417
210
9.8
Batticaloa Lagoon
2014
[
9
]
Ralkuli Bridge
Eastern
Trincomalee
Muttur
Ralkuli
8°27′38.90″N
81°15′11.80″E
/
8.4608056°N 81.2532778°E
/
8.4608056; 81.2532778
175
A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway
2011
[
5
]
Mannar Bridge
Northern
Mannar
Mannar
Mannar
8°57′44.90″N
79°55′08.60″E
/
8.9624722°N 79.9190556°E
/
8.9624722; 79.9190556
157
10
A14 Medawachchiya-Talaimannar highway
2010
[
10
]
[
11
]
Wakwella Bridge
Southern
Galle
Wakwella
6°06′21.80″N
80°11′25.90″E
/
6.1060556°N 80.1905278°E
/
6.1060556; 80.1905278
150
Gin Ganga
1999
Verugal Bridge
Eastern
Trincomalee
Verugal
Verugal
6°52′36″N
81°03′42″E
/
6.876709°N 81.061622°E
/
6.876709; 81.061622
105
A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway
Verugal Aru
2011
[
5
]
Nine Arch Bridge
Uva
Badulla
Demodara
6°52′36″N
81°03′42″E
/
6.876709°N 81.061622°E
/
6.876709; 81.061622
91
8
1921
Kayankerni Bridge
Eastern
Batticaloa
Koralai Pattu North
Kayankerni
7°58′14.70″N
81°31′00.40″E
/
7.9707500°N 81.5167778°E
/
7.9707500; 81.5167778
85
A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway
2011
[
5
]
^
"Kottawa-Kaduwela Expressway to open next month"
. 10 Feb 2014.
^
Range, Irangika (23 June 2011).
"Lanka's longest bridge"
.
Daily News (Sri Lanka)
. Archived from
the original
on 2011-08-24
. Retrieved
2011-10-23
.
^
"Saudi-Sri Lankan Ties Reach New Milestone"
.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Saudi Arabia)
. 21 August 2007.
^
"Kinniya Bridge"
.
Road Development Authority
. Archived from
the original
on 2012-03-31
. Retrieved
2011-10-23
.
^
a
b
c
d
e
"Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project funded by French Development Agency in Sri Lanka : A15, B10 and C- Class Coastal road rehabilitation"
. France in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Archived from
the original
on 2012-07-18.
^
"Japan Aided Project Management Unit"
.
Road Development Authority
. Archived from
the original
on 2013-03-02.
^
"Sangupiddy Bridge opened: a symbol of UK support to Sri Lanka"
.
News
. British High Commission, Colombo. 17 January 2011.
^
"New bridge for Oddamavadi"
.
Ministry of Defence and Urban Development
. Archived from
the original
on 2014-02-28
. Retrieved
20 February
2014
.
^
"Manmunai Bridge opened marking another milestone in development"
.
Independent Television Network
. Retrieved
20 April
2014
.
^
"A Bridge of Hope Spanning Conflict – Sri Lanka"
.
Topics & Events
.
Japan International Cooperation Agency
. 29 March 2010. Archived from
the original
on 22 March 2012.
^
"Mannar Bridge"
.
Road Development Authority
. Archived from
the original
on 2011-10-06.