Kotri Bridge

Kotri Bridge (Urdu: کوٹری پل ) is situated between Kotri and Hyderabad on Indus river in Pakistan. It was opened to traffic on 25 May 1900 and was reconstructed in 1931. It stretches over six spans and the total length of the bridge is 1,948 feet.[1]

It has single railway track and roads on either side of railway track. In early eighties an other railway bridge was constructed for up railway traffic side by side to old bridge. It is known as Mehran Railway Bridge. Kotri Bridge is still in used for one way railway and two way road traffic.[2]

References

  1. Bridge over Indus at Kotri (1900). Publisher: The Friday Times, Published: 09-15 March 2012, Retrieved on 3 July 2013
  2. Another bridge in danger, Publisher: PakTribune. Published: 15 November 2006, Retrieved on 3 July 2013

Coordinates: 25°22′23″N 68°18′48″E / 25.3730°N 68.3132°E / 25.3730; 68.3132

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