List of bridges in Pakistan

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This is a list of bridges in Pakistan.

Bridges of historical and architectural interest

NameUrduDistinctionLengthTypeCarries
Crosses
OpenedLocationProvinceRef.
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]
Pul Shah Daula (33658380704).jpg 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 [2]
Bridge in Peshawar at Inqilab Road..jpg Bridge (Sabzi Mandi Road) Masonry
1 arch
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 Bridge2.JPG Kohala Bridge Popular for picnics organized under its arch (Kohala Picnic Point) Masonry
1 arch
Kohala
34°05′48.1″N73°29′50.6″E / 34.096694°N 73.497389°E / 34.096694; 73.497389 (Kohala Bridge)
Punjab [3]
Bridge over the Indus, built 1880.jpg Attock Bridge اٹک پل425 m (1,394 ft) Truss
2 levels, steel
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]
[4]
Bridge Danyor2.jpg 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]
[5]
Hussaini Suspension Bridge -02 - Abdullah Zulfiqar.jpg Hussaini Suspension Bridge Renowned as one of the most dangerous bridges in the world193 m (633 ft) Suspension
Wooden deck
Footbridge
Hunza River
1970 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 [6]
[7]

Major bridges

NameUrduSpanLengthTypeCarries
Crosses
OpenedLocationProvinceRef.
SukkurBridge.jpg 1 Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan) لینسڈائون پل250 m (820 ft)250 m (820 ft) Cantilever
Steel
Saleh Pat Road–Royal Road
Indus River
1889 SukkurRohri
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]
Ayub.jpg 2 Ayub Bridge ایوب پل246 m (807 ft)310 m (1,020 ft) Arch
Steel through arch
Sukkur Railway–Rohri Railway
Indus River
1962 SukkurRohri
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
2003 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]
4 Karot Bridge کروٹ پل150 m (490 ft)330 m (1,080 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Kotli Road
Jhelum River
2019 KahutaHollar
33°35′26.0″N73°36′17.1″E / 33.590556°N 73.604750°E / 33.590556; 73.604750 (Karot Bridge)
Punjab
Azad Kashmir
[12]
Bridge (view from NWFP side).jpg 5 Khushal Garh Bridge خوشحال گڑھ ریلوے پل144 m (472 ft)236 m (774 ft) Truss
2 levels, steel
144+92
1907 KushalgarhBhandarbara
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
[13]
[14]
Under construction Bridge on Neelum River - panoramio.jpg 6 Earthquake Memorial Bridge زلزلہ یادگاری پل122 m (400 ft) (x2)473 m (1,552 ft) Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylon
2x122
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]
[15]
[16]
[17]
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 [18]
8 New Khushal Garh Bridge خوشحال گڑھ پل373 m (1,224 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
2016 KushalgarhBhandarbara
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
[19]
New bridge over Mangla dam.jpg 9 New Dhangali Bridge دھان گلی پل340 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
[20]
Thakot 2019.jpg 10 New Thakot Bridge 234 m (768 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
ThakotDandai
34°48′13.4″N72°56′08.0″E / 34.803722°N 72.935556°E / 34.803722; 72.935556 (New Thakot Bridge)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [21]
Kowardo Suspension bridge.jpg 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
Dhan Gali Bridge.jpg 12 Dhangali 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
KarakoramHighway2-2.jpg 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
A fresh stream joins the might Indus River..JPG 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
Noshera, Khyber Pakhtun Khuwa, Pakistan2.jpg 15 Khairabad Bridge Box girder
Prestressed concrete
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
Kohala1.JPG 17 New Kohala Bridge کوہالہ پل Box girder
Prestressed concrete
KohalaBakot
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
2007 08 25 Pakistan Karakoram Highway IMG 8604.jpg 18 Youyi Bridge دوستی کا پل Suspension
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons
ThakotDandai
34°48′14.5″N72°56′11.5″E / 34.804028°N 72.936528°E / 34.804028; 72.936528 (Youyi Bridge)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [22]
Ghizer Ghahkoch.jpg 19 Kanchey Bridge Suspension
Steel truss deck
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.

Contents

See also

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 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
  1. "Heritage site: Mughal bridge still stands tall over Bara River". tribune.com.pk.
  2. "Pul Shah Daula". meemainseen.com.
  3. "Muree, A City in Clouds - River Neelam". eatntravel.pk. Archived from the original on 2009-09-21.
  4. "Railway Bridge on Indus at Attock". pakistaniat.com.
  5. "Declared unsafe: Danyore bridge closed to traffic". tribune.com.pk. July 2012.
  6. "Tourist Attraction - Suspension bridge". hussainipk.piczo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04.
  7. "Hussaini Bridge". northerners.pk.
  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.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  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. "Pakistan Karot Bridge built by ACEG is open to traffic". Aceg.com.cn - Anhui Construction Engineering Group. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  13. Hamid, Syed Ali (June 9, 2022). "Bridging the mighty Indus - Part II". The Nation (Pakistan) . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  14. "Railway Bridges in Pakistan". Pakistanrail.tripod.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  15. "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.
  16. 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.
  17. "Naluchi Earthquake Memorial Extradosed West Bank Bypass Jehlum River, Pakistan" (PDF). Wiecon Project Reference Catalogue - Bridge Design Services. p. 71.{{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  18. "Projects photographs". Loyaassociates.com - Loya Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  19. "Khushal Garh Bridge inaugurated at Indus River". The News International . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  20. "Bridging the distance: Dhangali bridge over Jhelum River completed". The Express Tribune . May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  21. "Design Review and Construction Supervision of Thakot Bridge over River Indus (KKH) for NHA". Aa-associates.com - A.A. Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  22. "Sino-Pakistan Youyi Bridge Inaugurated". China Internet Information Center . Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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