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[[Image:Lansdowne_bridge.jpg|thumb|300px|The bridge at night (behind Ayub Bridge)]]
 
[[Image:Lansdowne_bridge.jpg|thumb|300px|The bridge at night (behind Ayub Bridge)]]
'''Landsdowne Bridge''' was a railway bridge over the River Indus in upper [[Sind]] which connected the towns of [[Sukkur]] and [[Rohri]].
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'''Lansdowne Bridge''' was a railway bridge over the River Indus in upper [[Sind]] which connected the towns of [[Sukkur]] and [[Rohri]].
  
  
 
==Named after==
 
==Named after==
 
[[Image:Lord_Lansdowne.jpg|thumb|200px|Lord Lansdowne]]
 
[[Image:Lord_Lansdowne.jpg|thumb|200px|Lord Lansdowne]]
It was named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne Lord Landsdowne], the Viceroy at that time.
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It was named after [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Petty-Fitzmaurice,_5th_Marquess_of_Lansdowne Lord Lansdowne], the Viceroy at that time.
  
  

Revision as of 23:11, 15 July 2010

The bridge at night (behind Ayub Bridge)

Lansdowne Bridge was a railway bridge over the River Indus in upper Sind which connected the towns of Sukkur and Rohri.


Named after

Lord Lansdowne

It was named after Lord Lansdowne, the Viceroy at that time.


Opening

It was opened by Lord Reay, Governor of Bombay on 25 March 1889.


Details

The bridge


External Links