Attock Bridge
Bridge in Pakistan
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Attock Bridge |
| native_name | اٹک پل |
| native_name_lang | ur |
| image | Attock railway bride.jpg |
| image_upright | 1.25 |
| alt | Two-level truss bridge crossing the Indus River |
| caption | Attock (Old) Bridge viewed from the south bank, 2015 |
| coordinates | |
| carries | 1 railway track |
| crosses | Indus River |
| locale | Attock Khurd, Punjab, Pakistan – Khairabad Kund, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| other_name | Old Attock Bridge |
| named_for | City of Attock |
| owner | Pakistan Railways |
| maint | Pakistan Railways |
| design | Double-deck truss bridge |
| material | Wrought iron, masonry piers |
| length | 425 m |
| number_spans | 5 |
| mainspan | 95 m and 78 m |
| lanes | 1 rail line |
| num_track | 1 |
| designer | Guilford Lindsey Molesworth |
| Sir Francis Callaghan | |
| builder | North-Western State Railway |
| begin | 1880 |
| complete | 1883 |
| opened | 24 May 1883 |
| rebuilt | 1929 |
| heritage | Strategically fortified crossing of the Indus |
| :: |
| name = Attock Bridge | native_name = اٹک پل | native_name_lang = ur | image = Attock railway bride.jpg | image_upright = 1.25 | alt = Two-level truss bridge crossing the Indus River | caption = Attock (Old) Bridge viewed from the south bank, 2015 | coordinates = | carries = 1 railway track | crosses = Indus River | locale = Attock Khurd, Punjab, Pakistan – Khairabad Kund, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | other_name = Old Attock Bridge | named_for = City of Attock | owner = Pakistan Railways | maint = Pakistan Railways | design = Double-deck truss bridge | material = Wrought iron, masonry piers | length = 425 m | number_spans = 5 | mainspan = 95 m and 78 m | lanes = 1 rail line | num_track = 1 | track_gauge = | designer = Guilford Lindsey Molesworth Sir Francis Callaghan | builder = North-Western State Railway | begin = 1880 | complete = 1883 | opened = 24 May 1883 | rebuilt = 1929 | preceded = | heritage = Strategically fortified crossing of the Indus
Attock Bridge () is a 19th-century railway bridge situated between Attock Khurd and Khairabad Kund on Indus River in Pakistan. It is commonly known as "Old Attock Bridge". This bridge is one of the most important strategic and commercial crossing on the Indus River between Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, hence was heavily fortified.
History
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Attock Bridge was designed by Sir Guildford Molesworth and was opened to traffic on 24 May 1883. The cost of construction was more than Rs 3.2 million.
The structure was redesigned by Sir Francis Callaghan and was reconstructed in 1929, at a cost of Rs 2.5 million. The bridge spanning over 1395 ft has 2 levels and 5 spans, of which 3 spans are 257 ft long and 2 are 312 ft long. The upper level is used for railway traffic and the lower level for road traffic. The approaches to the bridge were built as solid fortifications - as a defense against raids from nearby Pashtun tribesmen.
This bridge was a part of Grand Trunk Road. In 1979 another bridge, known as "New Attock Bridge", was constructed and road traffic was shifted to it.
References
References
- (18 November 2018). "Centuries-old Attock Khurd Railway Station to be uplifted as tourist attraction".
- Mughal, Owais. (4 February 2009). "Railway Bridge on Indus at Attock".
- "Old Attock Bridge".
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