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The Kottawa-Galle first phase of the Southern Expressway that links Colombo and Matara will be opened by president Mahinda Rajapaksa tomorrow (Nov. 27).
Sri Lanka’s first expressway, built at a cost of Rs. 85 billion, has 48 under-passes, 12 overhead-passes and 18 major bridges.
These bridges include the country’s longest bridge of 780 meters in length and 18 meters in width over the Bentara River, which connects the Southern province with the Western province.
Under the second phase, the expressway it will be developed from Galle to Matara.
When completed the travel time between Colombo and Matara will be reduced by more than two hours.
Up to Galle the expressway has eight interjections and up to Matara it will have 11 interjections.
Police will deploy around 500 personnel for a special division for duties along the expressway.
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Southern Expressway opening by president
