In January 1997 Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda laid the foundation stone of the Bogibeel bridge over the Brahmaputra in Assam. Construction began in 2002.
On December 25, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the bridge to the nation. The date was the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, observed as Good Governance Day.