Irakkandi Bridge

{{Infobox Bridge

|bridge_name= Irakkandi Bridge

|image=Irakkandi_Bridge.JPG

|caption= Irakkandi_Bridge

|official_name=

|also_known_as=

|carries= 2 lanes

|crosses=

|locale= Pulmoddai

|maint=

|id=

|design= Cantilever bridge

|mainspan=

|length= 300m

|width= 7m

|clearance=

|below=

|traffic=

|open= 20 October 2009

|closed=

|toll=

|map_cue=

|map_image=

|map_text=

|map_width=

|coordinates=

|lat=

|long=

}}

Irakkandi Bridge is the third longest bridge in Sri Lanka with a length of {{cvt|300|m}}.{{cite web | url=http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20091021_01 | title=Declaring open the longest bridge in Sri Lanka President Rajapaksa says the time for racist politics has come to an end | publisher=Sri Lanka Ministry of Defense | year=2009 | accessdate=15 August 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924151201/http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20091021_01 | archivedate=24 September 2012 }} It spans the Irrakkandi Lagoon linking Trincomalee with Pulmoddai.{{cite web | url=http://www.tops.lk/article5870-president-commissions-kinniya-irakkandi-bridges-today.html| title=President commissions Kinniya, Irakkandi bridges today| publisher=tops.lk | year=2009 | accessdate=24 August 2011}} The bridge was completed and declared open on 20 October 2009 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, along with the Kinniya Bridge.{{cite web | url=http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200910/20091020president_opens_kinniya_bridge.htm | title=President opens Kinniya bridge | publisher=priu.gov.lk | year=2009 | accessdate=15 August 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211052603/http://www.priu.gov.lk/news_update/Current_Affairs/ca200910/20091020president_opens_kinniya_bridge.htm | archive-date=11 February 2012 | url-status=dead }} It was built with the financial assistance of Saudi Arabian government.