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The ‘[[Scinde Railway ]]’ was amalgamated in 1870 to form the ‘[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway ]]’ , and which in 1886 became part of the ‘[[North Western Railway ]]‘(NWR) when the line and this bridge became part of the ‘NWR Mainline’.
==The Viaduct==
The route involved construction a large stone viaduct, the heaviest piece of masonry upon the line with a length of 1,728 feet(527 metres), work commenced 1859 and completed in Jan 1861 <ref name=Mughal>[http://pakistaniat.com/2009/09/17/karachi-to-kotri-the-story-of-first-railways-in-pakistan/ All Things Pakistan “Karachi to Kotri - The first railways in Pakistan” by Owais Mughal, Posted on September 17, 2009]; Retrieved on 24 Nov 2020</ref>.
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