List of bridges in Pakistan

This is a list of bridges in Pakistan.

Bridges of historical and architectural interest

Image	Name	Urdu	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
	Chuha Gujar Bridge			91 m (299 ft)	Masonry 12 arches	Chowa Gujar Lar Bara River	1629	Peshawar 33°59′45.5″N71°37′33.4″E / 33.995972°N 71.625944°E / 33.995972; 71.625944 (Chuha Gujar Bridge)	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	[1] [2]
	Pul Shah Daula				Masonry 5 arches	Grand Trunk Road Degh Nala		Pul Shahdaula 31°54′11.3″N74°20′23.3″E / 31.903139°N 74.339806°E / 31.903139; 74.339806 (Pul Shah Daula)	Punjab	[3]
	Bridge (Sabzi Mandi Road)				Masonry 1 arch	Sabzi Mandi Road Bara River		Peshawar 34°00′56.2″N71°38′48.1″E / 34.015611°N 71.646694°E / 34.015611; 71.646694 (Bridge (Sabzi Mandi Road))	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	Kohala Bridge		Popular for picnics organized under its arch (Kohala Picnic Point)		Masonry 1 arch	Near Jhelum River		Kohala 34°05′48.1″N73°29′50.6″E / 34.096694°N 73.497389°E / 34.096694; 73.497389 (Kohala Bridge)	Punjab	[4]
	Attock Bridge	اٹک پل		425 m (1,394 ft)	Truss 2 levels, steel	Railway Grand Trunk Road Indus River	1883 1929	Attock 33°52′20.8″N72°14′13.0″E / 33.872444°N 72.236944°E / 33.872444; 72.236944 (Attock Bridge)	Punjab	[S 1] [5]
	Danyor Suspension Bridge			155 m (509 ft)	Suspension Wooden deck	KKH - Gilgit Road Hunza River		Gilgit - Danyor 35°55′30.4″N74°22′20.5″E / 35.925111°N 74.372361°E / 35.925111; 74.372361 (Danyor Suspension Bridge)	Gilgit-Baltistan	[S 2] [6]
	Hussaini Suspension Bridge		Renowned as one of the most dangerous bridges in the world	194 m (636 ft)	Simple suspension bridge Wooden deck	Footbridge Hunza River	1968	Hussaini 36°25′25.7″N74°52′57.1″E / 36.423806°N 74.882528°E / 36.423806; 74.882528 (Hussaini Suspension Bridge)	Gilgit-Baltistan	[7]
	Bunji Bridge				Simple suspension bridge	Indus River	1893 2012	Bunji 35°43′47″N74°37′24″E / 35.729781°N 74.623359°E / 35.729781; 74.623359 (Bunji Bridge)	Gilgit-Baltistan
	Raikot Bridge				Arch bridge	Indus River	2013	Diamer 35°29′35.03″N74°35′31.09″E / 35.4930639°N 74.5919694°E / 35.4930639; 74.5919694 (Raikot Bridge)	Gilgit-Baltistan

Major bridges

Image	#	Name	Urdu	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
	1	Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan)	لینسڈائون پل	250 m (820 ft)	250 m (820 ft)	Cantilever Steel	Saleh Pat Road–Royal Road Indus River	1889	Sukkur–Rohri 27°41′37.9″N68°53′18.5″E / 27.693861°N 68.888472°E / 27.693861; 68.888472 (Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan))	Sindh	[Note 1] [S 3] [8] [9]
	2	Ayub Bridge	ایوب پل	246 m (807 ft)	310 m (1,020 ft)	Arch Steel through arch	Sukkur Railway–Rohri Railway Indus River	1962	Sukkur–Rohri 27°41′38.0″N68°53′17.7″E / 27.693889°N 68.888250°E / 27.693889; 68.888250 (Ayub Bridge)	Sindh	[Note 1] [S 4] [10]
	3	New Khairabad Bridge		200 m (660 ft) (x2)	701 m (2,300 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 111+2x200+111	Grand Trunk Road N-5 National Highway Indus River	2004	Attock 33°53′53.3″N72°14′04.5″E / 33.898139°N 72.234583°E / 33.898139; 72.234583 (New Khairabad Bridge)	Punjab	[11] [12]
	4	Karot Bridge	کروٹ پل	150 m (490 ft)	330 m (1,080 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete	Kotli Road Jhelum River	2019	Kahuta–Hollar 33°35′26.0″N73°36′17.1″E / 33.590556°N 73.604750°E / 33.590556; 73.604750 (Karot Bridge)	Punjab Azad Kashmir	[13]
	5	Khushal Garh Bridge	خوشحال گڑھ ریلوے پل	144 m (472 ft)	236 m (774 ft)	Truss 2 levels, steel 144+92	Khushalgarh–Kohat–Thal Railway Old Kohat Road Indus River	1907	Kushalgarh–Bhandarbara 33°28′50.2″N71°54′34.3″E / 33.480611°N 71.909528°E / 33.480611; 71.909528 (Khushal Garh Bridge)	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab	[14] [15]
	6	Earthquake Memorial Bridge	زلزلہ یادگاری پل	122 m (400 ft) (x2)	473 m (1,552 ft)	Extradosed Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylon 2x122	S-2 Strategic Highway Jhelum River	2014	Muzaffarabad 34°20′53.3″N73°27′49.6″E / 34.348139°N 73.463778°E / 34.348139; 73.463778 (Earthquake Memorial Bridge)	Azad Kashmir	[S 5] [16] [17] [18]
	7	Kund Bridge Besham		120 m (390 ft)	188 m (617 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 34+120+34	Road bridge Indus River		Besham 34°54′22.8″N72°51′58.5″E / 34.906333°N 72.866250°E / 34.906333; 72.866250 (Kund Bridge Besham)	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	[19]
	8	New Khushal Garh Bridge	خوشحال گڑھ پل		373 m (1,224 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete	N-80 National Highway Indus River	2016	Kushalgarh–Bhandarbara 33°28′54.3″N71°54′34.0″E / 33.481750°N 71.909444°E / 33.481750; 71.909444 (New Khushal Garh Bridge)	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab	[20]
	9	New Dhangali Bridge	دھان گلی پل		340 m (1,120 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete	Sahara Kashmir Road Jhelum River	2011	Pallal Mallahan 33°21′37.7″N73°34′04.7″E / 33.360472°N 73.567972°E / 33.360472; 73.567972 (New Dhangali Bridge)	Punjab Azad Kashmir	[21]
	10	New Thakot Bridge			234 m (768 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete	Karakoram Highway Indus River		Thakot–Dandai 34°48′13.4″N72°56′08.0″E / 34.803722°N 72.935556°E / 34.803722; 72.935556 (New Thakot Bridge)	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	[22]
	11	Kowardo Suspension Bridge				Suspension Wooden deck, concrete pylons	Single lane Indus River		Skardu 35°21′37.7″N75°33′35.7″E / 35.360472°N 75.559917°E / 35.360472; 75.559917 (Kowardo Suspension Bridge)	Gilgit-Baltistan
	12	Dhan Galli Bridge dismantled	دھان گلی پل			Suspension Wooden deck, concrete pylons	Sahara Kashmir Road Single lane Jhelum River		Pallal Mallahan 33°21′40.6″N73°34′04.1″E / 33.361278°N 73.567806°E / 33.361278; 73.567806 (Dhangali Bridge)	Punjab Azad Kashmir
	13	Suspension Bridge (Sazin)				Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Tangir River Valley Road Indus River		Sazin 35°31′55.7″N73°30′35.4″E / 35.532139°N 73.509833°E / 35.532139; 73.509833 (Suspension Bridge (Sazin))	Gilgit-Baltistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	14	Suspension Bridge (Kandia)				Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Kandia River Road Indus River		Kandia 35°25′57.1″N73°12′16.4″E / 35.432528°N 73.204556°E / 35.432528; 73.204556 (Suspension Bridge (Kandia))	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	15	Khairabad Bridge				Box girder Prestressed concrete	Grand Trunk Road N-5 National Highway Indus River		Attock 33°53′48.8″N72°14′02.3″E / 33.896889°N 72.233972°E / 33.896889; 72.233972 (Khairabad Bridge)	Punjab
	16	Palak Bridge				Truss Steel	Dadyal–Mirpur Road (Kotli Road) Poonch River		Khadamabad 33°20′27.2″N73°45′12.7″E / 33.340889°N 73.753528°E / 33.340889; 73.753528 (Palak Bridge)	Azad Kashmir
	17	New Kohala Bridge	کوہالہ پل			Box girder Prestressed concrete	N-75 National Highway S-2 Strategic Highway Jhelum River		Kohala–Bakot 34°05′46.7″N73°29′56.5″E / 34.096306°N 73.499028°E / 34.096306; 73.499028 (New Kohala Bridge)	Punjab Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
	18	Youyi Bridge	دوستی کا پل			Suspension Steel truss deck, concrete pylons	Karakoram Highway Indus River		Thakot–Dandai 34°48′14.5″N72°56′11.5″E / 34.804028°N 72.936528°E / 34.804028; 72.936528 (Youyi Bridge)	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	[23]
	19	Kanchey Bridge				Suspension Steel truss deck	Gilgit River		Gahkuch 36°10′21.8″N73°48′51.9″E / 36.172722°N 73.814417°E / 36.172722; 73.814417 (Kanchey Bridge)	Gilgit-Baltistan

Alphabetical list

This is a list of road flyovers, road overpasses, road and railway bridges in Pakistan.

• Abdullahpur Flyover, road flyover, overpass, Faisalabad, Punjab
• Abdullah Gul Interchange, road flyover, Lahore, Punjab
• Aziz Cross/Rawalpindi Bypass Chowk Flyover, Gujranwala, Punjab (proposed)
• Chandni Chowk Flyover, road flyover, Rawalpindi, Punjab
• Chenab Bridge, G.T Road Gujrat, Punjab
• Chiniot Bridge, road bridge, Chiniot, Punjab
• Chund Bridge, road and railway bridge, Jhang, Punjab
• Harbanspura Interchange, road flyover, Lahore, Punjab
• Chowk Kumharanwala Level II Flyover/Jinnah Chowk Flyover, Multan, Punjab
• Gujrat Flyover, G.T Road/Bypass Road intersection, Gujrat, Punjab
• Gomal Bridge,
• Jhelum Bridge, road bridge, G.t Road, Jhelum, Punjab
• Jinnah Bridge, road bridge, Karachi, Sindh,
• Kak Pul, road bridge, Islamabad
• Kalma Chowk Flyover, road flyover, overpass, Lahore, Punjab
• Kangniwala Flover, Sialkot Bypass/Eastern Bypass, Gujranwala, Punjab
• Kachehrti Chowk and Chungi No 7 & 8 Flyover, Multan, Punjab
• Khiali Flyover, Bypass road Gujranwala, Punjab
• Khushalgarh bridge, opened in 1907, on river Indus, it is a dual purpose bridge.
• Kotri Bridge, road and railway bridge, Hyderabad
• Lasbela Bridge, road bridge, Karachi, Sindh
• Malir River Bridge, road bridge, Karachi, Sindh
• Muslim Town Flyover, road flyover, overpass, Lahore, Punjab
• Nala Ankar Bridge, Saghar, Talagang, Punjab
• Napier Mole Bridge, in Karachi, Sindh
• Native Jetty Bridge, in Karachi, Sindh
• Hakim Ali Zardari Flyover, in Benazirabad, Sindh
• Nishtar Chowk Flyover, Multan, Punjab
• Pul Moj Darya Flyover/Kalma Chowk Flyover, Multan, Punjab
• Saggian Interchange, road flyover, overpass, Lahore, Punjab
• Shaheen Chowk Flyover, Bypass road, Gujrat, Punjab (proposed)
• Sher Shah Interchange Flyover, Multan, Punjab
• T-Shape Flyover, G.T Road/Sialkot Road. Gujranwala, Punjab
• Yousuf Raza Gillani Flyover, Multan, Punjab
• Zero Point Interchange, road overpass, Islamabad

See also

• Transport in Pakistan
• History of rail transport in Pakistan
• Motorways of Pakistan
• National Highways of Pakistan
• List of rivers of Pakistan
• List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan
• List of barrages and headworks in Pakistan

Notes and references

• Notes

1. Originally, the Lansdowne Bridge was railway, the Ayub bridge took over after its entry into service in 1962 and the old bridge was then used for road traffic

• Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com .

1. "Attock Old Bridge".
2. "Gilgit Suspension Bridge".
3. "Landsdown Bridge".
4. "Ayub Bridge".
5. "Naluchi Bridge".

• Others references

1. "Heritage site: Mughal bridge still stands tall over Bara River". The Express Tribune . 29 November 2013.
2. Shinwari, Sher Alam (23 January 2019). "Mughal-era bridge still stands intact with past glory". Dawn Newspaper . Retrieved 22 January 2025.
3. "Pul Shah Daula". meemainseen.com. 18 May 2017.
4. "Muree, A City in Clouds - River Neelam". eatntravel.pk. Archived from the original on 2009-09-21.
5. "Railway Bridge on Indus at Attock". pakistaniat.com. 4 February 2009.
6. "Declared unsafe: Danyore bridge closed to traffic". The Express Tribune. July 2012.
7. Nagri, Jamil (5 July 2022). "PM orders FWO to restore traffic on Skardu-Juglot road". Dawn.
8. Waddell, John Alexander Low (1916). "Fig.25m. Landsdowne Bridge over the Indus River at Sukkur. India". In John Wiley & Sons (ed.). Bridge engineering. Vol. 1 (1st ed.). p. 595. OL   23282798M.
9. Unwin, William Cawthorne (1911). "Bridges/History 2"  . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 541 & 542. (3) The Lansdowne bridge (completed 1889) at Sukkur, over the Indus.
10. "Ayub Bridge Replaces the Old Lansdowne Bridge on the Indus" (PDF). Engineering News. 7 (3). West Pakistan Engineering Congress: 5–6. September 1962.
11. "Khairabad Bridge Over River Indus (Cantilver Box Girder) from Chablat Nowshera (N-5) for NHA". Aa-associates.com - A.A. Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
12. "New Khairabad bridge over River Indus; a masterpiece of unique technology". Brecorder . 20 May 2004.
13. "Pakistan Karot Bridge built by ACEG is open to traffic". Aceg.com.cn - Anhui Construction Engineering Group. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
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16. "The Project for Construction of Naluchi Bridge, Muzaffarabad　(2007, Islamic Republic of Pakistan)". Aec-inc.jp - Asia Engineering Consultant Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on December 18, 2013.
17. Urgent Rehabilitation Project: West Bank Bypass Design Under the Urgent Development Study on Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Muzaffarabad City in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan (PDF) (Report). Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). March 2008. p. 15.
18. "Naluchi Earthquake Memorial Extradosed West Bank Bypass Jehlum River, Pakistan" (PDF). Wiecon Project Reference Catalogue - Bridge Design Services. p. 71.
19. "Projects photographs". Loyaassociates.com - Loya Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
20. "Khushal Garh Bridge inaugurated at Indus River". The News International . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
21. "Bridging the distance: Dhangali bridge over Jhelum River completed". The Express Tribune . May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
22. "Design Review and Construction Supervision of Thakot Bridge over River Indus (KKH) for NHA". Aa-associates.com - A.A. Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
23. "Sino-Pakistan Youyi Bridge Inaugurated". China Internet Information Center . Retrieved May 7, 2023.

Further reading

• Ali, Syed Mohammad (2009). Study Of Energy Dissipation Capacity Of RC Bridge Columns Under Seismic Demand (PDF) (Thesis). University of Peshawar. S2CID   170657015.
• Hafiz, Muhammad Khalid; Khan, Qaiser-uz-Zaman; Ahmad, Sohaib (2022). "Seismic Vulnerability Of Reinforced Concrete Bridges In Pakistan". Journal of Civil Engineering and Management. 28 (2): 93–105. doi: 10.3846/jcem.2022.15854 . ISSN   1392-3730.
• Hamid, Syed Ali (June 9, 2022). "Bridging the mighty Indus - Part I". The Nation (Pakistan) . "Part II". 12 June 2022.
• Prade, Marcel (1990). "Pakistan". Les Grands Ponts du Monde: Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe[The Great Bridges of the World: Remarkable Bridges Outside Europe]. Art et patrimoine (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 242. ISBN   2-902170-68-8.
• Rogers, Ayesha Pamela; Baloch, Ghulam Mustafa (2017). "The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of Pakistan" (PDF). Built Heritage. 1 (4): 11–21. Bibcode:2017BuHer...1...11R. doi: 10.1186/BF03545654 . ISSN   2096-3041.

External links

• "The Bridges of Pakistan". Pakistaniat.com. March 11, 2011.
• "Brücken in der Pakistan" [Bridges in Pakistan]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
• Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Pakistan". Bridgemeister.com.