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The Originally known as the '''Sukkur Bridge''' and renamed the '''Lansdowne Bridge''' on inaugeration in 1889, this was a railway bridge over the River Indus in upper [[Sind]] which connected the towns of [[Sukkur]] and [[Rohri]].
==History==Between 1872 and 1882 bridge surveys were conducted and different people suggested 5 different bridge proposals (see 'Chronology' below). 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 (94M) long, carrying a suspended span of 200ft561M200ft (61M) in the middle. This design was considered feasible and construction started c.1884; Westwood, Baillie and Co of London commenced the bridge later came to be known as steelwork for the girders <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Westwood,_Baillie_and_Co Grace'Lansdowne Bridge'. s Guide "Westwood, Baillie and Co" ]; Retrieved on 11 Jul 2016</ref> <ref name=wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_Bridge_Rohri Westwood,_Baillie Wikipedia "Lansdowne BridgeWestwood, RohriBallie"]; Retrieved on 23 Apr 11 Jul 2016</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130122080631/http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/18/lansdowne-bridge-sukkur/ "All Things Pakistan - Lansdowne Bridge,Sukkur "]; Retrieved on 23 Apr 2016</ref>
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The [[Indus Valley State Railway]] had reached [[Sukkur]] in 1879 and the steam ferry that transported eight wagons at a time across the Indus between [[Rohri]] and [[Sukkur]] was found to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The opening of the Lansdowne Bridge in 1889 solved this bottleneck and thus port of [[Karachi]] was connected to the railway network.
Construction started in 1887 with the arrival of the steelwork and when it was completed in 1889 was the largest cantilever bridge in the world, the bridge came to be known as the 'Lansdowne Bridge'<ref name=wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansdowne_Bridge_Rohri Wikipedia "Lansdowne Bridge, Rohri"]; Retrieved on 23 Apr 2016</ref>. The bridge provided the railway link between Lahore, in the heart of the granary of British India, and the port of Karachi on the Arabian Sea.
[[Image:Lansdowne_bridge.jpg|thumb|300px|The bridge at night (behind Ayub Bridge)]]
