"This road will now serve as a link promoting economic, social and cultural exchanges and friendship between the people of the South and the East of the country," Bernard Savage, EU head of delegation to Sri Lanka and the Maldives said.
The EU said eight new bridges were built and 29 bridges were repaired and widened, while an asphalt concrete overlay was laid during repairs to the southern coastal road which was badly damaged by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
In addition to the Southern coastal road, a 78-kilometre stretch of road from Siyamabalanduwa in the eastern Amparai district to Akkaraipattu via Pottuvil on the east coast is to be rebuilt by the EU with ADB help at a cost of 3.8 billion rupees, the EU said in a statement.
Repairs to the roads are part of the EU's overall 24.2 billion rupee post-tsunami aid