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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
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
External Links
- on Wikipedia
- on All Things Pakistan, now an archived website
The Lansdown Bridge
Between 1872 and 1882 bridge surveys were conducted and different people suggested 5 different bridge proposals. None of them was considered completely feasible at that time.
Alexander Meadows Rendel, Consultant Engineer was then called in and he proposed a design consisting of two anchored cantilevers, each 310 feet long, carrying a suspended span of 200 ft in the middle. Interestingly, this design was considered feasible and later came to be known as the Lansdowne Bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_Bridge_Rohri