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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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 basin
surface form: Indus River corridor near Sukkur
heritageStatus historic bridge of Pakistan
locatedIn Pakistan
Sindh
locatedNear Rohri
Sukkur
material wrought iron
namedAfter Marquess of Lansdowne
surface form: 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 network
surface form: Pakistan Railways
partOf Sukkur Barrage
surface form: Indus River crossing infrastructure at Sukkur

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

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Sukkur majorRiverBridge Lansdowne Bridge
Sukkur hasLandmark Lansdowne Bridge
Ayub Bridge locatedNear Lansdowne Bridge
Sukkur District hasLandmark Lansdowne Bridge
Rohri crossedBy Lansdowne Bridge