Youyi Bridge

Coordinates: 34°48′14.4″N 72°56′10.94″E / 34.804000°N 72.9363722°E / 34.804000; 72.9363722 The Youyi Bridge (Chinese: 友誼橋, meaning Friendship Bridge, Urdu: دوستی کا پل‎) is a bridge on the Karakoram Highway at Thakot in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its inauguration was in August 27, 2004.

The bridge spans the Indus river, and was constructed next to a bridge built between 1966 and 1978.^[1] The bridge was given its Chinese name in 2004 to honour the Chinese and Pakistani workers killed in the construction of the Karakoram Highway.^[2]

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Bridges in Pakistan

Flyovers and Interchanges	Abdullah Gul Interchange Abdullahpur Flyover Chandni Chowk Flyover Harbanspura Interchange Jinnah Bridge Kalma Chowk Flyover Muslim Town Flyover Pirwadhai Mor Flyover and Underpass Saggian Interchange Sher Shah Bridge Zero Point Interchange

Road Bridges	Chiniot Bridge Chund Bridge Kak Pul Kohala Bridge Lasbela Bridge Malir River Bridge Raikot Bridge Teen Hatti Bridge Youyi Bridge Earthquake Memorial Bridge

Railway Bridges	Ayub Bridge

Rail cum Road Bridges	Attock Bridge Jhelum Bridge Kotri Bridge Lansdowne Bridge

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