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Kotri Bridge (Urdu: 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. It stretches over five spans and the total length of the bridge is 1,948 feet (594 m).

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.

See also

• Kotri Barrage (some miles upstream)
• Kotri Junction Railway Station

References

1. Wright, Colin. "Bridge over Indus at Kotri". www.bl.uk.
2. "Kotri Bridge, Hyderabad". heritage.eftsindh.com.
3. Bridge over Indus at Kotri (1900) Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine. Publisher: The Friday Times, Published: 09-15 March 2012, Retrieved on 3 July 2013
4. Another bridge in danger, Publisher: PakTribune. Published: 15 November 2006, Retrieved on 3 July 2013

Media related to Kotri Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

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• Bridges in Sindh
• Road-rail bridges in Pakistan
• Bridges over the Indus River
• 1900 establishments in British India