For the first time ahead of its much awaited grand inauguration on June 25th, all 415 lampposts installed on the 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge were lit together at 6:30pm on Tuesday.
It made for a spectacular sight and jubilant people living along its banks flocked near the bridge from the evening hours.
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Padma Bridge project director Shafiqul Islam lit up the bridge by switching on 175-watt LED lights at all the 415 lampposts of the Padma Bridge on trial basis.