Jamuna Bridge
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Bangabandhu Bridge, also called the Jamuna Multi-purpose Bridge (Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

: যমুনা বহুমুখী সেতু Jomuna Bohumukhi Shetu), is a bridge opened in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

 in June 1998. It connects Bhuapur
Bhuapur Upazila
Bhuapur is an Upazila of Tangail District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.-Geography:Bhuapur is located at . It has 32145 units of house hold and total area 225.02 km².-Demographics:...

 on the Jamuna River's east bank to Sirajganj
Sirajganj
Sirajganj is a town in central Bangladesh, lying just west of the Brahmaputra River and about 70 mi. northwest of Dhaka.- Overview :...

 on its west bank. It was the 11th longest bridge in the world when constructed in 1998 and currently the 6th longest bridge in South Asia
South Asia
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