Kohala Bridge

{{Infobox bridge

| name = kohala bridge

| native_name = {{nastaliq|کوہالہ پل}}

| native_name_lang = ur

| image = Kohala1.JPG

| coordinates = {{coord|34.096115933871666|73.49902123326198|type:landmark|display=it}}

| carries = Cars, buses

| crosses = River Jhelum

| locale = Kohala

| location =

| lanes = 2

| mapframe = yes

}}

The Kohala Bridge is a bridge across the Jhelum River,{{Cite web |date=2018-05-16 |title=Kohala's Bridge: For people in AJK crossing a bridge was never this risky - Pakistan |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/439839-Kohalas-Bridge-For-people-in-AJK-crossing-a-bridge-was-never-this-risk |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Dunya News |language=en}} a tributary of the Indus River, that forms part of one of the land routes from the Azad Kashmir to Punjab in Pakistan. It is located on the E75 expressway.{{Cite web |last=Mehmood |first=Khurram |date=2017-08-29 |title=Footprints: where the heart is |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1354648 |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=Dawn |language=en}}

File:Kohala Bridge2.JPG

File:Kohala Bridge, Azad Kashmir Pakistan.jpg

The bridge is located in the town of Kohala, {{convert|38|km|mi}} north of Murree and 35 km south of Muzaffarabad. A bridge was constructed in 1877 and vanished in an 1890 flood. A new transportable steel bridge was constructed in 1899, and in 1990 it too vanished in a flood. A third bridge was constructed on the north edge of Union Council Birote Kalan, Abbottabad District, in 1993.{{Cite web |url=http://www.etdip.com/vewArea.asp?PID=6&CID=33&AID=100 |title=Eco Tourism Development In Pakistan, Paragraph: Tourist Attraction |access-date=2012-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115163525/http://www.etdip.com/vewArea.asp?PID=6&CID=33&AID=100 |archive-date=2014-01-15 |url-status=usurped }} {{commonscat|Kohala Bridge}}

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Category:Abbottabad District

Category:Bridges in Punjab, Pakistan

Category:Bridges over the Jhelum River

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