Upparu Bridge

Upparu Bridge is a road bridge across "Uppu Aru" in eastern Sri Lanka. The bridge was formally opened on 19 October 2011. 
The bridge is long. The bridge cost 995 million rupees (US$9 million) and was financed by a soft loan from the French Development Agency's "Trincomalee Integrated Infrastructure Project" and the Sri Lankan Government's "Kilakku Vasantham" (Eastern Awakening) programme. The bridge is part of the A15 Batticaloa-Trincomalee highway. The bridge replaced a ferry boat service that had been transporting people and vehicles across the river.