Tangail: Traffic on the Bangabandhu Bridge halted for more than four hours since early Wednesday as authorities had to stop toll plazas of the bridge due to dense fog.

The suspension of the vehicular movement due to poor visibility caused long tailbacks at both ends of the bridge, causing immense sufferings to thousands of passengers.

Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station officer-in-charge Asabur Rahman said movement of all kind of vehicles has remained stopped to cross the bridge since 5:00am.

Hundreds of vehicles got stranded at both ends of the bridge stretching Mirzapur of Tangail in the east and Bogra in the west.

The toll plazas opened around 9:40am and stranded vehicles started crossing the bridge slowly, the OC added.