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This is a list of bridges in Pakistan .
Bridges of historical and architectural interest
Major bridges
Name
Urdu
Span
Length
Type
CarriesCrosses
Opened
Location
Province
Ref.
1
Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan)
لینسڈائون پل
250 m (820 ft)
250 m (820 ft)
Cantilever Steel
1889
Sukkur –
Rohri
27°41′37.9″N 68°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
1962
Sukkur –
Rohri
27°41′38.0″N 68°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″N 72°14′04.5″E / 33.898139°N 72.234583°E / 33.898139; 72.234583 (New Khairabad Bridge )
Punjab
[11]
4
Karot Bridge
کروٹ پل
150 m (490 ft)
330 m (1,080 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete
2019
Kahuta –
Hollar
33°35′26.0″N 73°36′17.1″E / 33.590556°N 73.604750°E / 33.590556; 73.604750 (Karot Bridge )
Punjab
Azad Kashmir
[12]
5
Khushal Garh Bridge
خوشحال گڑھ ریلوے پل
144 m (472 ft)
236 m (774 ft)
Truss 2 levels, steel 144+92
1907
Kushalgarh –
Bhandarbara
33°28′50.2″N 71°54′34.3″E / 33.480611°N 71.909528°E / 33.480611; 71.909528 (Khushal Garh Bridge )
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
[13]
[14]
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
2014
Muzaffarabad
34°20′53.3″N 73°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
Besham
34°54′22.8″N 72°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 پل
373 m (1,224 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete
2016
Kushalgarh –
Bhandarbara
33°28′54.3″N 71°54′34.0″E / 33.481750°N 71.909444°E / 33.481750; 71.909444 (New Khushal Garh Bridge )
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
[19]
9
New Dhangali Bridge
دھان گلی پل
340 m (1,120 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete
2011
Pallal Mallahan
33°21′37.7″N 73°34′04.7″E / 33.360472°N 73.567972°E / 33.360472; 73.567972 (New Dhangali Bridge )
Punjab
Azad Kashmir
[20]
10
New Thakot Bridge
234 m (768 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete
Thakot –
Dandai
34°48′13.4″N 72°56′08.0″E / 34.803722°N 72.935556°E / 34.803722; 72.935556 (New Thakot Bridge )
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[21]
11
Kowardo Suspension Bridge
Suspension Wooden deck, concrete pylons
Skardu
35°21′37.7″N 75°33′35.7″E / 35.360472°N 75.559917°E / 35.360472; 75.559917 (Kowardo Suspension Bridge )
Gilgit-Baltistan
12
Dhangali Bridge dismantled
دھان گلی پل
Suspension Wooden deck, concrete pylons
Pallal Mallahan
33°21′40.6″N 73°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
Sazin
35°31′55.7″N 73°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
35°25′57.1″N 73°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
Attock
33°53′48.8″N 72°14′02.3″E / 33.896889°N 72.233972°E / 33.896889; 72.233972 (Khairabad Bridge )
Punjab
16
Palak Bridge
Truss Steel
Khadamabad
33°20′27.2″N 73°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
Kohala –
Bakot
34°05′46.7″N 73°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
Thakot –
Dandai
34°48′14.5″N 72°56′11.5″E / 34.804028°N 72.936528°E / 34.804028; 72.936528 (Youyi Bridge )
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
[22]
19
Kanchey Bridge
Suspension Steel truss deck
Gahkuch
36°10′21.8″N 73°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
Attock Bridge , road and railway bridge, Indus River
Ayub Bridge , railway bridge, Sukkur
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
Earthquake Memorial Bridge , road bridge, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir
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.
Kohala Bridge , road bridge, Kohala
Kotri Bridge , road and railway bridge, Hyderabad
Lansdowne Bridge Rohri , railway bridge, Sukkur
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
Nala Ankar Bridge , in
Talagang ,
Punjab, Pakistan
Napier Mole Bridge , in Karachi, Sindh
Native Jetty Bridge , in Karachi, 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
Youyi Bridge , road bridge, Thakot
Yousuf Raza Gillani Flyover ,
Multan ,
Punjab
Zero Point Interchange , road overpass, Islamabad
See also
Notes and references
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a
b 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
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"Heritage site: Mughal bridge still stands tall over Bara River" . tribune.com.pk .
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"Pul Shah Daula" . meemainseen.com .
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"Muree, A City in Clouds - River Neelam" . eatntravel.pk . Archived from
the original on 2009-09-21.
^
"Railway Bridge on Indus at Attock" . pakistaniat.com .
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"Declared unsafe: Danyore bridge closed to traffic" . tribune.com.pk . July 2012.
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"Tourist Attraction - Suspension bridge" . hussainipk.piczo.com . Archived from
the original on 2014-05-04.
^
"Hussaini Bridge" . northerners.pk .
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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 .
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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.
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"Ayub Bridge Replaces the Old Lansdowne Bridge on the Indus" (PDF) . Engineering News . 7 (3). West Pakistan Engineering Congress: 5–6. September 1962.
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"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 .
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"Pakistan Karot Bridge built by ACEG is open to traffic" . Aceg.com.cn - Anhui Construction Engineering Group . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
^ Hamid, Syed Ali (June 9, 2022).
"Bridging the mighty Indus - Part II" .
The Nation (Pakistan) . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"Railway Bridges in Pakistan" . Pakistanrail.tripod.com . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"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.
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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.
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"Naluchi Earthquake Memorial Extradosed West Bank Bypass Jehlum River, Pakistan" (PDF) . Wiecon Project Reference Catalogue - Bridge Design Services . p. 71.
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"Projects photographs" . Loyaassociates.com - Loya Associates . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"Khushal Garh Bridge inaugurated at Indus River" .
The News International . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"Bridging the distance: Dhangali bridge over Jhelum River completed" .
The Express Tribune . May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"Design Review and Construction Supervision of Thakot Bridge over River Indus (KKH) for NHA" . Aa-associates.com - A.A. Associates . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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"Sino-Pakistan Youyi Bridge Inaugurated" .
China Internet Information Center . Retrieved May 7, 2023 .
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