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Finally the [[Alexander Meadows Rendel]] design was adopted.
*1885: The Indus channel between Sukkur and Bukkur island got bridged.
*1887: The steel work for the Lansdowne Bridge started to reach Sukkur from the Westwood, Baillie & Co. of London. The bridge construction was then started under the supervision of [[Frederick Edward Ewart Robertson|F.E. Robertson]] and his assistant Hecquet. Their names are written to date on a plaque on each cantilever of the bridge <ref name=wiki/>.
*1887 May: Bed plates for the Bukkur side of the Lansdowne bridge Cantilever arrived by the end of month.
*1887 September: Full supply of steel works for the Rohri side cantilever arrived at the site.
