Lansdowne Bridge

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Lansdowne Bridge is a historic 19th-century iron railway bridge in Sindh, Pakistan, renowned for its distinctive cantilever design spanning the Indus River near Sukkur.

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Lansdowne Bridge canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantilever bridge ⓘ
historic structure ⓘ
iron bridge ⓘ
railway bridge ⓘ
adjacentTo Ayub Bridge ⓘ
category 19th-century architecture in Pakistan ⓘ
Bridges in Sindh ⓘ
Bridges over the Indus River ⓘ
Cantilever bridges ⓘ
Railway bridges in Pakistan ⓘ
connects Rohri ⓘ
Sukkur ⓘ
constructionCompleted 1889 ⓘ
constructionStarted 1887 ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
crosses Indus River ⓘ
design cantilever ⓘ
designedBy Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel ⓘ
engineeringSignificance major 19th-century cantilever railway bridge in South Asia ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
function railway traffic ⓘ
geographicCoordinateSystem Indus River corridor near Sukkur ⓘ
linked to: Indus River basin
heritageStatus historic bridge of Pakistan ⓘ
locatedIn Pakistan ⓘ
Sindh ⓘ
locatedNear Rohri ⓘ
Sukkur ⓘ
material wrought iron ⓘ
namedAfter Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne ⓘ
Lord Lansdowne ⓘ
notableFor 19th-century engineering ⓘ
distinctive cantilever design ⓘ
spanning the Indus River ⓘ
opened 1889 ⓘ
owner Pakistan Railways ⓘ
partOf Indus River crossing infrastructure at Sukkur ⓘ
linked to: Sukkur Barrage

railway line between Rohri and Sukkur ⓘ
precededBy boat crossings over the Indus at Sukkur ⓘ
province Sindh ⓘ
railwayType single-track railway bridge ⓘ
region Upper Sindh ⓘ
replaced earlier ferry services across the Indus at Sukkur ⓘ
spans Indus River near Sukkur ⓘ
linked to: Indus River
usedFor rail transport ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sukkur → majorRiverBridge → Lansdowne Bridge ⓘ
Sukkur → hasLandmark → Lansdowne Bridge ⓘ
Ayub Bridge → locatedNear → Lansdowne Bridge ⓘ
Sukkur District → hasLandmark → Lansdowne Bridge ⓘ
Rohri → crossedBy → Lansdowne Bridge ⓘ
Sadhu Belo Island → locatedNear → Lansdowne Bridge ⓘ
Oak Street Bridge → replaced → Lansdowne Bridge ⓘ