Engineered by Sir Robert William Gales and named after Viceroy Lord Hardinge, this 16-span steel bridge opened in March 1915 to link south-western Bengal to the northern railway network. Damaged during the 1971 Liberation War, it was quickly repaired and remains an engineering triumph, now running parallel to the modern Lalon Shah road bridge. Visitors stroll the embankment at Bheramara to watch passenger trains roar across the trusses at sunset. Small wooden boats offer rides on the Padma beneath the piers.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Free to view from the riverbank; boat ride on the Padma roughly ৳200–400 for a group
How to get to Hardinge Bridge
At Bheramara, 25 km north-west of Kushtia town. Local buses or shared CNGs to Bheramara take about 40 minutes, followed by a short van ride to the riverbank.
Kushtia town is about 205 km from Dhaka, around 4.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Kushtia guide.
More to see in Kushtia
Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Shilaidaha Kuthibari শিলাইদহ কুঠিবাড়ি
A three-storey pyramidal brick residence beside the Padma where Rabindranath Tagore managed his family estate and wrote many of his works.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳20 for citizens, ৳300 for foreign visitors; auto-rickshaw from town about ৳100–150
Photo: Farhan Sadik 21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lalon Shah's Shrine লালন শাহের মাজার
The white domed mausoleum and ashram complex at Cheuria where Baul singers gather nightly around the grave of mystic poet Lalon Shah.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; auto-rickshaw from town centre roughly ৳30–50
Photo: Ifteebd10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mir Mosharraf Hossain Birthplace মীর মশাররফ হোসেনের বাস্তুভিটা
The homestead of pioneering 19th-century Bengali Muslim novelist Mir Mosharraf Hossain, featuring a memorial library and auditorium.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; auto-rickshaw from town roughly ৳40–60 each way
Photo: Kazi Rashed Abdallah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jhaudia Shahi Mosque ঝাউদিয়া শাহী মসজিদ
A quiet Mughal-era mosque with five domes and thick lime-mortar walls, protected as an ancient monument in rural Kushtia.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; return auto-rickshaw hire roughly ৳300–400