Manampitiya Bridge

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|caption= Manampitiya old steel bridge

|official_name= Sri Lanka-Japan Friendship Peace Bridge

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|carries= 3 lanes (2 lanes of highway and 1 railway)

|crosses= Mahaweli River

|locale= Manampitiya, Polonnaruwa District

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|length= 302m

|width= 10.4m

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|open= 1922 (old bridge)
25 October 2007 (new bridge)

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Manampitiya Bridge is the second longest bridge in Sri Lanka with a length of {{cvt|302|metre}}. It comprises two bridges, an early-twentieth-century steel bridge which is used for railway and a newly built bridge carrying two lanes of highway. Before the Kinniya Bridge was declared open in 2009, it was the longest bridge in Sri Lanka. The steel bridge was built in 1922, during the colonial rule.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/05/28/news22.htm | title=Japan provides Rs 990m for Manampitiya bridge | work=Daily News | year=2005 | accessdate=18 August 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045247/http://www.dailynews.lk/2005/05/28/news22.htm | archivedate=21 October 2012 }} It is {{cvt|291|m}} long and less than {{cvt|5|m}} in width.{{cite web | url=https://archives.sundayobserver.lk/2005/10/30/new21.html | title=Peace bridge over Mahaweli with Japanese funds | publisher=Sunday Observer | year=2005 | access-date=18 August 2011 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017051631/http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2005/10/30/new21.html | archive-date=17 October 2012 }} The bridge is located {{cvt|81|km}} east of Maradankadawala, along the A11 Habarana-Thirikondiyadimadu road in Polonnaruwa District, linking North Central Province with Eastern Province over Mahaweli River.{{cite web | url=http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20071026_01 | title=New bridge gateway to peace | publisher=Ministry of Defense | year=2007 | accessdate=18 August 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071027083454/http://www.defence.lk/new.asp?fname=20071026_01 | archivedate=27 October 2007 }} The new bridge in Manampitiya was built with financial assistance of Japan, hence the name Sri Lanka-Japan Friendship Peace Bridge.{{cite web | url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/10/23/news17.asp | title=Lanka's longest bridge to open on Thursday | work=Daily News | year=2007 | accessdate=18 August 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045146/http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/10/23/news17.asp | archivedate=21 October 2012 }} Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provided LKR 1.3 billion on behalf of the Japanese government. Bridge was declared open on 25 October 2007 by President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The new 50 Sri Lankan Rupee note depicts the Manampitiya Bridge.{{cite web | url=http://notes.lakdiva.org/2010/2010_dplkd_50r.html | title=2010 - Sri Lanka - 50 Rupee note Development, Prosperity and Sri Lanka Dancers | publisher=Lakdiva | year=2010 | accessdate=18 August 2011 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823103943/http://notes.lakdiva.org/2010/2010_dplkd_50r.html | archivedate=23 August 2011 }}