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The '''Kalabagh Bridge'''opened in 1931 crossing the River Indus at Kalabagh . The bridge extended the ‘[[Mari Indus Railway]]’ which had opened in 1913 and originally named the ‘[[Trans Indus (Kalabagh-Bannu) Railway ]]’.
The bridge carried a combined road/rail single track narrow gauge 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]). At this time the line was renamed the ‘[[Trans Indus (Mari Indus-Kalabagh-Bannu) Railway]]’ .
It would appear the bridge section was abandoned soon after opening and the bridge used only for road traffic
The road bridge fell into disrepair and reported as closed before 2009 <ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/897256 Dawn News – ‘Kalabagh bridge a victim of official neglect’, 10 Apr 2009 ]; Retrieved 27 Nov 2020</ref>.
==Background==
The following was written in c.1929 W.D.Cruikshank, S.O.W. North Western Railway in a report “Railway Bridge over the River Indus at Kalabagh”:-
<ref>[http://786isakhel.com/isa-khel/isa-khel-unions/kalabagh/railway-bridge-in-kalabagh-2/ Reproduced in the undated review “Kalabagh Railway Bridge”]; Retrieved 29 Apr 2016</ref>
==Further Information==See page ''The bridge has fallen into disrepair and no further information has been found'[[Mari Indus Railway]] '''
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