List of bridges in Afghanistan
Historical and architectural interest bridges
Name | Persian | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses | Opened | Location | Region | Ref. | ||
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1 | Malan Bridge | پل مالان | 230 m (750 ft) | Masonry 22 arches | Road bridge Hari | 1010 | Herat 34°17′10.1″N 62°11′28.7″E / 34.286139°N 62.191306°E / 34.286139; 62.191306 (Malan Bridge) | Herat Province | [S 1] [1] |
Major road and railway bridges
This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).
Name | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses | Opened | Location | Region | Ref. | |||
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1 | Kelif Pipeline Bridge | 660 m (2,170 ft) | 660 m (2,170 ft) | Suspension Steel | Pipeline Amu Darya | 1975 | Keleft - Kelif 37°20′42.4″N 66°15′38.1″E / 37.345111°N 66.260583°E / 37.345111; 66.260583 (Kelif Pipeline Bridge) | Balkh Turkmenistan | [2] | ||
2 | Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan | 135 m (443 ft) | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons | Road bridge Panj River | 2002 | Shighnan District - Khorugh 37°31′41.0″N 71°30′13.0″E / 37.528056°N 71.503611°E / 37.528056; 71.503611 (Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan) | Badakhshan Tajikistan | [S 2] [3] | |||
3 | Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge | 816 m (2,677 ft) | Truss Steel | Road-rail bridge Amu Darya | 1982 | Hairatan - Termez 37°13′44.9″N 67°25′39.6″E / 37.229139°N 67.427667°E / 37.229139; 67.427667 (Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge) | Balkh Uzbekistan | [S 3] [4] | |||
4 | Tajik–Afghan bridge at Vanj-Jamarj-e Bala | 216 m (709 ft) | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons | Road bridge Panj River | 2011 | Jamarj-e Bala - Vanj District 38°16′19.3″N 71°20′18.3″E / 38.272028°N 71.338417°E / 38.272028; 71.338417 (Vanj cross-border Bridge) | Badakhshan Tajikistan | [5] | |||
5 | Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge | Suspension Steel | Road bridge Panj River | 2004 | Nusay - Ruzvat 38°27′11.5″N 70°49′37.7″E / 38.453194°N 70.827139°E / 38.453194; 70.827139 (Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge) | Badakhshan Tajikistan | [S 4] | ||||
6 | Shurabad cross-border Bridge | Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons | Road bridge Panj River | Khwahan District - Shohon 37°56′17.2″N 70°13′46.4″E / 37.938111°N 70.229556°E / 37.938111; 70.229556 (Shurabad cross-border Bridge) | Badakhshan Tajikistan |
Alphabetical list
- Afghanistan-Iran Bridge in Zaranj, Nimroz Province
- Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge at Sher Khan Bandar in Kunduz Province
- Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge at Hairatan in Balkh Province
- Bar Shultan Bridge ( Kunar Province)
- Behsud Bridge in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province
- Guryak Truck Bridge in Kunar Province
- Kandahar-Helmand Bridge (Bagh-e Pul), Kandahar Province
- Kandahar-Urozgan Bridge in Kandahar Province
- Khan Kunar Bridge ( Kunar province)
- Lal Pur Bridge in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province
- Malan Bridge (Pul-e Malan) in Herat, Herat Province
- Pashad Bridge in Kunar Province
- Saw Bridge in Kunar Province
See also
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
Download coordinates as:
- KML
- GPX (all coordinates)
- GPX (primary coordinates)
- GPX (secondary coordinates)
- Transport in Afghanistan
- Rail transport in Afghanistan
- Geography of Afghanistan
- List of bridges in Konar Province
Notes and references
- Notes
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- Others references
- ^ "بازسازی پل تاریخی مالان در ولایت هرات". avapress.com (in Persian).
- ^ "ВИСЯЧИЙ ГАЗОПРОВОДНЫЙ ПЕРЕХОД ЧЕРЕЗ реку АМУДАРЬЮ у поселка КЕЛИФ". studopedia.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Aga Khan to open Tajik-Afghan bridge". ismaili.net.
- ^ "Railways of Afghanistan - Hairatan and the Friendship Bridge". andrewgrantham.co.uk.
- ^ "Tajik and Afghan officials inaugurate Vanj bridge built by AKDN as part of Cross-border Initiatives". akdn.org.
External links
- "Suspension Bridges of Afghanistan". bridgemeister.com.
- "Afghanistan – Tajikistan border crossings". caravanistan.com.
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