Kotri Bridge
{{Short description|Bridge in Sindh, Pakistan}}
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Kotri Bridge ({{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|کوٹری پل }}}}) is a road-rail bridge situated between Kotri and Hyderabad on Indus River in Sindh, Pakistan.
History
It was opened to traffic on 25 May 1900 and was reconstructed in 1931.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/b/019pho0000940s1u00034000.html|title=Bridge over Indus at Kotri.|first=Colin|last=Wright|website=www.bl.uk}}{{Cite web|url=http://heritage.eftsindh.com/site/453/hyderabad/kotri-bridge|title=Kotri Bridge, Hyderabad|website=heritage.eftsindh.com}} It stretches over five spans and the total length of the bridge is {{convert|1948|ft|m}}.[http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/article.php?issue=20120309&page=30 Bridge over Indus at Kotri (1900)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314085431/http://www.thefridaytimes.com/beta2/tft/article.php?issue=20120309&page=30 |date=2012-03-14 }}. Publisher: The Friday Times, Published: 09-15 March 2012, Retrieved on 3 July 2013
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It has single railway track and roads on either side of railway track. In the early 1980s another railway bridge, known as Mehran Railway Bridge, was constructed alongside the old bridge. Kotri Bridge is still in use for one-way railway and two-way road traffic.[http://paktribune.com/news/Another-bridge-in-danger-160014.html Another bridge in danger], Publisher: PakTribune. Published: 15 November 2006, Retrieved on 3 July 2013
See also
- Kotri Barrage (some miles upstream)
- Kotri Junction Railway Station
References
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Category:Road-rail bridges in Pakistan
Category:Bridges over the Indus River
Category:1900 establishments in British India
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