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The '''Sutlej Bridge''' also known as the '''Empress Bridge''' near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge carried the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] over the Sutlej river. | The '''Sutlej Bridge''' also known as the '''Empress Bridge''' near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge carried the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] over the Sutlej river between [[Ferozepur]] (Firozpur) (south of [[Lahore]]) and [[Kazur]]. | ||
The bridge over the Sutlej was built on twenty-seven brick piers, carried a railway line fifteen feet broad and a cart road of eighteen feet, flanked by footpaths. | The bridge over the Sutlej was built on twenty-seven brick piers, carried a railway line fifteen feet broad and a cart road of eighteen feet, flanked by footpaths. | ||
Revision as of 07:01, 20 May 2016
The Sutlej Bridge also known as the Empress Bridge near Bahawalpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan). The bridge carried the Indus Valley State Railway over the Sutlej river between Ferozepur (Firozpur) (south of Lahore) and Kazur.
The bridge over the Sutlej was built on twenty-seven brick piers, carried a railway line fifteen feet broad and a cart road of eighteen feet, flanked by footpaths. [1] [2]
The Engineer-in-Charge of the construction was William St. John Galwey, assisted by in 1873 was Hugh Lewin Monk from the Public Works Department(PWD) Railway Branch of PWD.