Lansdowne Bridge
The Lansdowne Bridge over the Indus at Sukkur was one of the great engineering feats of the 19th century. The longest cantilever bridge ever built, it had to support the load of heavy steam locomotives.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge in Sindh, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Sukkur Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rohri Junction and Sukkur.
Rohri Junction
Railway station
Rohri Junction Railway Station is located in Rohri, Sukkur district of Sindh province, Pakistan. It is a major railway station on the Pakistan Railways network, serving as the junction between the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line and Rohri-Chaman Railway Line. Rohri Junction is situated 1¼ km east of Lansdowne Bridge.
Sukkur
Railway station
Sukkur Railway Station is a railway station located in Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan. A Dak bungalow, now used as a resthouse, is located here. Sukkur is situated 2½ km northwest of Lansdowne Bridge.
Sukkur Barrage
Dam
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Sukkur Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus near the city of Sukkur in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The barrage was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 and was named Lloyd Barrage. Sukkur Barrage is situated 3½ km west of Lansdowne Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sukkur.
Sukkur
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Sukkur is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 17th largest city of Pakistan by population.
Lansdowne Bridge
- Categories: road bridge, railway bridge, and transportation
- Location: Sukkur District, Sindh, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Western Panjabi—“Lansdowne Bridge” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Lansdowne Bridge Rohri”
- French: “pont Lansdowne”
- French: “Pont Lansdowne”
- German: “Lansdowne Bridge”
- Japanese: “ランズドーン・ブリッジ・ローリ”
- Sindhi: “لينسڊائون پل”
- Slovenian: “Železniški most Lansdowne”
- Spanish: “puente Lansdowne”
- Spanish: “Puente Lansdowne”
- Urdu: “لینس ڈاؤن پل”
- Urdu: “لینسڈاؤن پل، سکھر”
- Western Panjabi: “لینسڈائون پل”
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