The Jamuna Bridge spans the Jamuna River in Bangladesh and links Bhuapur in Tangail with Sirajganj. T. Y. Lin International designed it as a sub-contractor to Hyundai, and Hyundai Engineering & Construction built it under a design-and-build contract. The Government of Bangladesh is the client, and the Bangladesh Bridge Authority maintains it. Construction began on October 15, 1994, and the bridge opened on June 23, 1998.
The total length is 3.0 miles (4.8 kilometers), and the main span is about 325 feet (99 meters). It is a prestressed concrete box girder bridge, built by the segmental balanced cantilever method on tubular steel piles.
The bridge carries a dual two-lane road, a 230 kilovolt power line, telecom cables and a gas pipeline. It also had a railway, which was later removed. It has seismic locking devices and charges a toll.
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