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Kotri Bridge

Kotri Bridge (1900), the steel road and rail bridge over the Indus between Kotri and Hyderabad.

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Kotri Bridge carries a single railway track with roads on either side across the Indus between Kotri and Hyderabad. It opened on 25 May 1900, was rebuilt in 1931 and runs 594 metres over five spans. The Mehran Railway Bridge was built beside it in the 1980s; the old bridge still carries one-way rail and two-way road traffic.

Why go

✦Opened in 1900
✦Steel spans over the Indus
✦Still used by road and rail

How to Reach

Between Kotri and Hyderabad, by road.

Planning tip

Best Time to Visit, October to March.

Getting there, Between Kotri and Hyderabad, by road.

Allow, Under an hour.

What to Do

◆Cross on the road deck

◆See it from the river bank

◆Combine with Kotri and Hyderabad

Nearby

Straight-line distance from Kotri Bridge, within 5 km.

Nothing else genuinely close by (within 5 km of Kotri Bridge) is published yet.