List of bridges in Pakistan
Historical and architectural interest bridges[]
Name | Urdu | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | |
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91 m (299 ft) | Masonry 12 arches |
Bara River |
1629 | Peshawar 33°59′45.5″N 71°37′33.4″E / 33.995972°N 71.625944°E |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | [1] | ||||
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Masonry 5 arches |
Degh Nala |
31°54′11.3″N 74°20′23.3″E / 31.903139°N 74.339806°E |
Punjab | [2] | |||||
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Masonry 1 arch |
Bara River |
Peshawar 34°00′56.2″N 71°38′48.1″E / 34.015611°N 71.646694°E |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||||||
Kohala Bridge | Popular for picnics organized under its arch (Kohala Picnic Point) | Masonry 1 arch |
NearJhelum River |
Kohala 34°05′48.1″N 73°29′50.6″E / 34.096694°N 73.497389°E |
Punjab | [3] | ||||
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Attock Bridge | اٹک پل | Truss 2 levels, steel |
Grand Trunk Road Indus River |
1883 1929 |
Attock 33°52′20.8″N 72°14′13.0″E / 33.872444°N 72.236944°E |
Punjab | [S 1] [4] | ||
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Danyor Suspension Bridge | 155 m (509 ft) | Suspension Wooden deck |
Hunza River |
Gilgit - Danyor 35°55′30.4″N 74°22′20.5″E / 35.925111°N 74.372361°E |
Gilgit-Baltistan | [S 2] [5] | |||
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Renowned as one of the most dangerous bridges in the world | 193 m (633 ft) | Suspension Wooden deck |
Hunza River |
1970 | 36°25′25.7″N 74°52′57.1″E / 36.423806°N 74.882528°E |
Gilgit-Baltistan | [6] [7] | ||
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Suspension Wooden deck, concrete pylons |
Indus River |
Skardu 35°21′37.7″N 75°33′35.7″E / 35.360472°N 75.559917°E |
Gilgit-Baltistan |
Major bridges[]
Name | Urdu | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Province | Ref. | ||
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1 | Ayub Bridge | ایوب پل | 246 m (807 ft) | 310 m (1,020 ft) | Arch Steel through arch |
Indus River |
1962 | Sukkur - Rohri 27°41′38.0″N 68°53′17.7″E / 27.693889°N 68.888250°E |
Sindh | [Note 1] [S 3] |
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2 | Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan) | لینسڈائون پل | 244 m (801 ft) | Cantilever Steel |
Indus River |
1889 | Sukkur - Rohri 27°41′37.9″N 68°53′18.5″E / 27.693861°N 68.888472°E |
Sindh | [Note 1] [S 4] | |
3 | 200 m (660 ft) (x2) | 701 m (2,300 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete |
N-5 National Highway Indus River |
2004 | Attock 33°53′53.3″N 72°14′04.5″E / 33.898139°N 72.234583°E |
Punjab | [8] | |||
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4 | Earthquake Memorial Bridge | 122 m (400 ft) (x2) | 414 m (1,358 ft) | Extradosed Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylon |
Jhelum River |
Muzaffarabad 34°20′53.3″N 73°27′49.6″E / 34.348139°N 73.463778°E |
Azad Kashmir | [S 5] [9] | ||
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5 | 340 m (1,120 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete |
Jhelum River |
33°21′37.9″N 73°34′03.1″E / 33.360528°N 73.567528°E |
Punjab Azad Kashmir |
[10] | ||||
6 | 373 m (1,224 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete |
Indus River |
2016 | Kushalgarh - 33°28′53.4″N 71°54′33.6″E / 33.481500°N 71.909333°E |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab |
[11] | ||||
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7 | Truss 2 levels, steel |
Old Kohat Road Indus River |
1907 | Kushalgarh - 33°28′49.3″N 71°54′33.0″E / 33.480361°N 71.909167°E |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab |
[12] | ||||
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8 | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons |
Indus River |
35°31′55.7″N 73°30′35.4″E / 35.532139°N 73.509833°E |
Gilgit-Baltistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
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9 | Suspension Steel box girder deck, steel pylons |
Indus River |
35°25′57.1″N 73°12′16.4″E / 35.432528°N 73.204556°E |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||
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10 | Box girder Prestressed concrete |
N-5 National Highway Indus River |
Attock 33°53′48.8″N 72°14′02.3″E / 33.896889°N 72.233972°E |
Punjab | ||||||
11 | Truss Steel |
Poonch River |
Khadamabad 33°20′27.2″N 73°45′12.7″E / 33.340889°N 73.753528°E |
Azad Kashmir | |||||||
12 | New Kohala Bridge | Suspension Steel box girder deck, steel pylons |
S-2 Strategic Highway Jhelum River |
Kohala - Bakot 34°05′46.7″N 73°29′56.5″E / 34.096306°N 73.499028°E |
Punjab Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
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13 | Youyi Bridge | دوستی کا پل | Suspension Steel truss deck, concrete pylons |
Indus River |
1978 | Thakot - 34°48′14.4″N 72°56′10.7″E / 34.804000°N 72.936306°E |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | [13] | ||
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14 | Suspension Steel truss deck |
Gilgit River |
Gahkuch 36°10′21.8″N 73°48′51.9″E / 36.172722°N 73.814417°E |
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, Chakwal, 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
Notes and References[]
- Notes
- ^ Jump up to: 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
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- Others references
- ^ "Heritage site: Mughal bridge still stands tall over Bara River". tribune.com.pk.
- ^ "Pul Shah Daula". meemainseen.com.
- ^ "Muree, A City in Clouds - River Neelam". eatntravel.pk. Archived from the original on September 2009.
- ^ "Railway Bridge on Indus at Attock". pakistaniat.com.
- ^ "Declared unsafe: Danyore bridge closed to traffic". tribune.com.pk. July 2012.
- ^ "Tourist Attraction - Suspension bridge". hussainipk.piczo.com. Archived from the original on May 2014.
- ^ "Hussaini Bridge". northerners.pk.
- ^ "Khairabad Bridge Over River Indus (Cantilver Box Girder) from Chablat Nowshera (N-5) for NHA". aa-associates.com.
- ^ "The Project for Construction of Naluchi Bridge, Muzaffarabad (2007, Islamic Republic of Pakistan)". aec-inc.jp. Archived from the original on December 2013.
- ^ "Bridging the distance: Dhangali bridge over Jhelum River completed". tribune.com.pk. May 2011.
- ^ "Khushal Garh Bridge (N-80)". reconnectingasia.csis.org.
- ^ "Railway Bridges in Pakistan". pakistanrail.tripod.com.
- ^ "Inauguration ceremony for Youyi (Friendship) Bridge in Pakistan". en.people.cn.
See also[]
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- Transport in Pakistan
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External links[]
- "The Bridges of Pakistan". pakistaniat.com.
- "Suspension Bridges of Pakistan". bridgemeister.com.
Further reading[]
- Prade, Marcel (1990). Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
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