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 Bridge			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				Masonry 5 arches	Grand Trunk Road Degh Nala		Pul Shahdaula 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 (Sabzi Mandi Road)				Masonry 1 arch	Sabzi Mandi Road 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 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]
Attock Bridge	اٹک پل		425 m (1,394 ft)	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]
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		Renowned as one of the most dangerous bridges in the world	193 m (633 ft)	Suspension Wooden deck	Footbridge Hunza River	1970	Hussaini 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]

Major bridges

	Name	Urdu	Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Province	Ref.
1	Lansdowne Bridge (Pakistan)	لینسڈائون پل	250 m (820 ft)	250 m (820 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 3]} ^[8] ^[9]
2	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 4]} ^[10]
3	New Khairabad Bridge		200 m (660 ft) (x2)	701 m (2,300 ft)	Box girder Prestressed concrete 111+2x200+111	Grand Trunk Road N-5 National Highway Indus River	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	Kotli Road Jhelum River	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	Khushalgarh–Kohat–Thal Railway Old Kohat Road Indus River	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	S-2 Strategic Highway Jhelum River	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	Road bridge Indus River		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	N-80 National Highway Indus River	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	Sahara Kashmir Road Jhelum River	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	Karakoram Highway Indus River		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	Single lane 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
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″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	Tangir River Valley Road Indus River		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 River Road Indus River		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	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
16	Palak Bridge				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
17	New Kohala Bridge	کوہالہ پل			Box girder Prestressed concrete	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
18	Youyi Bridge	دوستی کا پل			Suspension Steel truss deck, concrete pylons	Karakoram Highway Indus River		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	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.

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

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

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 2009-09-21.
↑ "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 2014-05-04.
↑ "Hussaini Bridge". northerners.pk.
↑ 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)
↑ 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.
↑ "Ayub Bridge Replaces the Old Lansdowne Bridge on the Indus" (PDF). Engineering News. West Pakistan Engineering Congress. 7 (3): 5–6. September 1962.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ "Railway Bridges in Pakistan". Pakistanrail.tripod.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
↑ "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.
↑ 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.
↑ "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)
↑ "Projects photographs". Loyaassociates.com - Loya Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
↑ "Khushal Garh Bridge inaugurated at Indus River". The News International. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
↑ "Bridging the distance: Dhangali bridge over Jhelum River completed". The Express Tribune. May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
↑ "Design Review and Construction Supervision of Thakot Bridge over River Indus (KKH) for NHA". Aa-associates.com - A.A. Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
↑ "Sino-Pakistan Youyi Bridge Inaugurated". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

External links

"The Bridges of Pakistan". Pakistaniat.com. March 11, 2011.
"Brücken in der Pakistan" [Bridges in Pakistan]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
Denenberg, David. "Suspension Bridges of Pakistan". Bridgemeister.com.

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[lansdowneayub-10] 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

[4] "Attock Old Bridge".

[6] "Gilgit Suspension Bridge".

[11] "Landsdown Bridge".

[14] "Ayub Bridge".

[20] "Naluchi Bridge".

[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.

[5] "Railway Bridge on Indus at Attock". pakistaniat.com.

[7] "Declared unsafe: Danyore bridge closed to traffic". tribune.com.pk. July 2012.

[8] "Tourist Attraction - Suspension bridge". hussainipk.piczo.com. Archived from the original on 2014-05-04.

[9] "Hussaini Bridge". northerners.pk.

[12] 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)

[13] 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.

[15] "Ayub Bridge Replaces the Old Lansdowne Bridge on the Indus" (PDF). Engineering News. West Pakistan Engineering Congress. 7 (3): 5–6. September 1962.

[16] "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.

[17] "Pakistan Karot Bridge built by ACEG is open to traffic". Aceg.com.cn - Anhui Construction Engineering Group. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[18] Hamid, Syed Ali (June 9, 2022). "Bridging the mighty Indus - Part II". The Nation (Pakistan). Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[19] "Railway Bridges in Pakistan". Pakistanrail.tripod.com. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[21] "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.

[22] 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.

[23] "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)

[24] "Projects photographs". Loyaassociates.com - Loya Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[25] "Khushal Garh Bridge inaugurated at Indus River". The News International. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[26] "Bridging the distance: Dhangali bridge over Jhelum River completed". The Express Tribune. May 10, 2011. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[27] "Design Review and Construction Supervision of Thakot Bridge over River Indus (KKH) for NHA". Aa-associates.com - A.A. Associates. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

[28] "Sino-Pakistan Youyi Bridge Inaugurated". China Internet Information Center. Retrieved May 7, 2023.

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