A river bank protection work was under taken to overcome the severe erosion problem threatening the Meghna bridge on a major national highway connecting the capital Dhaka with the main port city of Chittagong. The Meghna river system is complex with shifting banks and great scour depths. The design of the protective work comprised of regrading the eroded bank to stable slope placing geotetile and stone rip-rap. This project was first of it’s kind in bangladesh and was executed using mostly local equipment and expertise.
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