Bangladesh-UK Friendship bridge is also known as Bhairab Bridge. It was constructed over the river Meghna. The bridge was completed in 2002 with the help of British expertise and funding. The Bangladesh-UK Friendship Bridge crosses the River Meghna as part of an upgrading of the National Highway No. 2 to improve communications between Dhaka and the Sylhet region in the north east of Bangladesh & cut journey times to Sylhet, the major tea-producing area in the country. The bridge was constructed at a cost of 681 crore Taka, funded jointly by the Government of Bangladesh (58%), the UK Department for International Development - DFID (21%) and through a loan from Standard Chartered Bank (21%). Based on a FIDIC- type contract, the Bhairab bridge project was significantly the first Design - Build contract in RHD. The main bridge is 1.2 km long and comprises seven 110m spans and two 79.5m spans.
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