List of bridges in Pakistan

This is a list of bridges in Pakistan.

Bridges of historical and architectural interest

Name Urdu Distinction Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Province Ref.
Chuha Gujar Bridge91 m (299 ft)Masonry
12 arches
Chowa Gujar Lar
Bara River
1629Peshawar
33°59′45.5″N 71°37′33.4″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[1]
Pul Shah DaulaMasonry
5 arches
Pul Shahdaula
31°54′11.3″N 74°20′23.3″E
Punjab[2]
Bridge (Sabzi Mandi Road)Masonry
1 arch
Sabzi Mandi Road
Bara River
Peshawar
34°00′56.2″N 71°38′48.1″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Kohala BridgePopular for picnics organized under its arch (Kohala Picnic Point)Masonry
1 arch
Kohala
34°05′48.1″N 73°29′50.6″E
Punjab[3]
Attock Bridgeاٹک پل425 m (1,394 ft)Truss
2 levels, steel
1883
1929
Attock
33°52′20.8″N 72°14′13.0″E
Punjab[S 1]
[4]
Danyor Suspension Bridge155 m (509 ft)Suspension
Wooden deck
KKH - Gilgit Road
Hunza River
Gilgit - Danyor
35°55′30.4″N 74°22′20.5″E
Gilgit-Baltistan[S 2]
[5]
Hussaini Suspension BridgeRenowned as one of the most dangerous bridges in the world193 m (633 ft)Suspension
Wooden deck
Footbridge
Hunza River
1970Hussaini
36°25′25.7″N 74°52′57.1″E
Gilgit-Baltistan[6]
[7]

Major bridges

Name Urdu Span Length Type Carries
Crosses
Opened Location Province Ref.
1Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan)لینسڈائون پل250 m (820 ft)250 m (820 ft)Cantilever
Steel
Saleh Pat Road–Royal Road
Indus River
1889SukkurRohri
27°41′37.9″N 68°53′18.5″E
Sindh[Note 1]
[S 3]
[8]
[9]
2Ayub Bridgeایوب پل246 m (807 ft)310 m (1,020 ft)Arch
Steel through arch
Sukkur Railway–Rohri Railway
Indus River
1962SukkurRohri
27°41′38.0″N 68°53′17.7″E
Sindh[Note 1]
[S 4]
[10]
3New Khairabad Bridge200 m (660 ft) (x2)701 m (2,300 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
111+2x200+111
2003Attock
33°53′53.3″N 72°14′04.5″E
Punjab[11]
4Karot Bridgeکروٹ پل150 m (490 ft)330 m (1,080 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Kotli Road
Jhelum River
2019KahutaHollar
33°35′26.0″N 73°36′17.1″E
Punjab
Azad Kashmir
[12]
5Khushal Garh Bridgeخوشحال گڑھ ریلوے پل144 m (472 ft)236 m (774 ft)Truss
2 levels, steel
144+92
1907KushalgarhBhandarbara
33°28′50.2″N 71°54′34.3″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
[13]
[14]
6Earthquake Memorial Bridgeزلزلہ یادگاری پل122 m (400 ft) (x2)473 m (1,552 ft)Extradosed
Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylon
2x122
2014Muzaffarabad
34°20′53.3″N 73°27′49.6″E
Azad Kashmir[S 5]
[15]
[16]
[17]
7Kund Bridge Besham120 m (390 ft)188 m (617 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
34+120+34
Road bridge
Indus River
Besham
34°54′22.8″N 72°51′58.5″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[18]
8New Khushal Garh Bridgeخوشحال گڑھ پل373 m (1,224 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
2016KushalgarhBhandarbara
33°28′54.3″N 71°54′34.0″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
[19]
9New Dhangali Bridgeدھان گلی پل340 m (1,120 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
Sahara Kashmir Road
Jhelum River
2011Pallal Mallahan
33°21′37.7″N 73°34′04.7″E
Punjab
Azad Kashmir
[20]
10New Thakot Bridge234 m (768 ft)Box girder
Prestressed concrete
ThakotDandai
34°48′13.4″N 72°56′08.0″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[21]
11Kowardo Suspension BridgeSuspension
Wooden deck, concrete pylons
Single lane
Indus River
Skardu
35°21′37.7″N 75°33′35.7″E
Gilgit-Baltistan
12Dhangali Bridge
dismantled
دھان گلی پلSuspension
Wooden deck, concrete pylons
Sahara Kashmir Road
Single lane
Jhelum River
Pallal Mallahan
33°21′40.6″N 73°34′04.1″E
Punjab
Azad Kashmir
13Suspension Bridge (Sazin)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
Tangir River Valley Road
Indus River
Sazin
35°31′55.7″N 73°30′35.4″E
Gilgit-Baltistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
14Suspension Bridge (Kandia)Suspension
Steel truss deck, steel pylons
Kandia River Road
Indus River
Kandia
35°25′57.1″N 73°12′16.4″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
15Khairabad BridgeBox girder
Prestressed concrete
Attock
33°53′48.8″N 72°14′02.3″E
Punjab
16Palak BridgeTruss
Steel
Dadyal–Mirpur Road (Kotli Road)
Poonch River
Khadamabad
33°20′27.2″N 73°45′12.7″E
Azad Kashmir
17New Kohala Bridgeکوہالہ پلBox girder
Prestressed concrete
KohalaBakot
34°05′46.7″N 73°29′56.5″E
Punjab
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
18Youyi Bridgeدوستی کا پلSuspension
Steel truss deck, concrete pylons
ThakotDandai
34°48′14.5″N 72°56′11.5″E
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[22]
19Kanchey BridgeSuspension
Steel truss deck
Gahkuch
36°10′21.8″N 73°48′51.9″E
Gilgit-Baltistan

Alphabetical list

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

See also

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.
  • Others references
  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. 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. West Pakistan Engineering Congress. 7 (3): 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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