List of bridges in Pakistan

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Historical and architectural interest bridges[]

Name Urdu Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Province Ref.
91 m (299 ft) Masonry
12 arches
Chowa Gujar Lar
Bara River
1629 Peshawar
33°59′45.5″N 71°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 Masonry
5 arches
Grand Trunk Road
Degh Nala

31°54′11.3″N 74°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 Masonry
1 arch

Bara River
Peshawar
34°00′56.2″N 71°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

NearJhelum River
Kohala
34°05′48.1″N 73°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 پل Truss
2 levels, steel
Railway
Grand Trunk Road
Indus River
1883
1929
Attock
33°52′20.8″N 72°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″N 74°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 Renowned as one of the most dangerous bridges in the world 193 m (633 ft) Suspension
Wooden deck
Footbridge
Hunza River
1970
36°25′25.7″N 74°52′57.1″E / 36.423806°N 74.882528°E / 36.423806; 74.882528 (Hussaini Suspension Bridge)
Gilgit-Baltistan [6]
[7]
Kowardo Suspension bridge.jpg Suspension
Wooden deck, concrete pylons

Indus River
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

Major bridges[]

Name Urdu Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Province Ref.
Ayub.jpg 1 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″N 68°53′17.7″E / 27.693889°N 68.888250°E / 27.693889; 68.888250 (Ayub Bridge)
Sindh [Note 1]
[S 3]
SukkurBridge.jpg 2 Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan) لینسڈائون پل 244 m (801 ft) Cantilever
Steel
Saleh Pat Road - Royal Road
Indus River
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 4]
3 200 m (660 ft) (x2) 701 m (2,300 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Grand Trunk Road
N-5 National Highway
Indus River
2004 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 [8]
Under construction Bridge on Neelum River - panoramio.jpg 4 Earthquake Memorial Bridge 122 m (400 ft) (x2) 414 m (1,358 ft) Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylon
S-2 Strategic Highway
Jhelum River
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]
[9]
New bridge over Mangla dam.jpg 5 340 m (1,120 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Sahara Kashmir Road
Jhelum River

33°21′37.9″N 73°34′03.1″E / 33.360528°N 73.567528°E / 33.360528; 73.567528 (Dhangalli New Bridge)
Punjab
Azad Kashmir
[10]
6 373 m (1,224 ft) Box girder
Prestressed concrete
N-80 National Highway
Indus River
2016 Kushalgarh -
33°28′53.4″N 71°54′33.6″E / 33.481500°N 71.909333°E / 33.481500; 71.909333 (New Khushal Garh Bridge)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
[11]
Bridge (view from NWFP side).jpg 7 Truss
2 levels, steel
Khushalgarh–Kohat–Thal Railway
Old Kohat Road
Indus River
1907 Kushalgarh -
33°28′49.3″N 71°54′33.0″E / 33.480361°N 71.909167°E / 33.480361; 71.909167 (Khushal Garh Bridge)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
[12]
KarakoramHighway2-2.jpg 8 Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
Tangir River Valley Road
Indus River

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
A fresh stream joins the might Indus River..JPG 9 Suspension
Steel box girder deck, steel pylons
Kandia River Road
Indus River

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
Noshera, Khyber Pakhtun Khuwa, Pakistan2.jpg 10 Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Grand Trunk Road
N-5 National Highway
Indus River
Attock
33°53′48.8″N 72°14′02.3″E / 33.896889°N 72.233972°E / 33.896889; 72.233972 (Khairabad Bridge)
Punjab
11 Truss
Steel
Dadyal - Mirpur Road (Kotli Road)
Poonch River
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
Kohala1.JPG 12 New Kohala Bridge Suspension
Steel box girder deck, steel pylons
N-75 National Highway
S-2 Strategic Highway
Jhelum River
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
2007 08 25 Pakistan Karakoram Highway IMG 8604.jpg 13 Youyi Bridge دوستی کا پل Suspension
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons
Karakoram Highway
Indus River
1978 Thakot -
34°48′14.4″N 72°56′10.7″E / 34.804000°N 72.936306°E / 34.804000; 72.936306 (Youyi Bridge)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [13]
Ghizer Ghahkoch.jpg 14 Suspension
Steel truss deck

Gilgit River
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.

Notes and References[]

  • Notes
  1. ^ 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

See also[]

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Download coordinates as: KML

External links[]

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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