The bridge was built to cross the Kelani River in the capital city, Colombo, connecting to the main expressway serving the international airport of the city. The structure has a main span of length of 180 m and outer spans of 100 m each. The construction was done using the. Located just 5 km north of Colombo's city center, this project comprised two distinct packages of advanced bridge construction. ^ "New Kelani Bridge Project". The ceremony was attended by Sri Lankan H. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President, Hon. It is one of Sri Lanka's finest. Extra-dosed stay cable bridge would be constructed according to the balance cantilever method using over slung form travelers on either side of the pylons simultaneously (4 sets). 5m with 20 jumps to complete 90m length from a single form traveler which is completed with 3.