The 35th span of the Padma Bridge has been installed, bringing a total of over 5.25 km of the structure into view.

The span was installed between pillars 8 and 9 at Mawa point, six days after the last one was set up.

Executive Engineer (Bridge) Dewan Md Abdul Quader confirmed the matter.

With this, a total of four spans have been placed on the bridge this month.

The other 6 spans will be installed on the pillars by December this year.

A total of 42 pillars are being constructed for the 6.15km long two-storey Padma Bridge.