VerifiedBBR-2022-0006
Deepest bridge piling in the world
Steel piles driven up to 122 metres below the riverbed to hold a 6.15-kilometre span.
Record holderPadma Multipurpose Bridge
Date achieved25 June 2022
Official statement
Opened on 25 June 2022 and financed entirely from domestic resources, the Padma Bridge required piles driven to depths of up to 122 m — the deepest recorded for any bridge — to reach load-bearing strata beneath the shifting Padma riverbed.
Criteria met
- 01Verified pile-driving logs
- 02Independent geotechnical survey
Evidence on file
- Exhibit ASpan installation over the Padma
- Exhibit BPile driving barge at work
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