ATTOCK BRIDGE

Group member names,

Ahmad Hassan

Syed M. Haroon Ali

Attock bridge
 Attock bridge is situated between Attock khurd
and Khairabad kund on Indus river in
Pakistan.

 It is commonly known as “Old Attock Bridge” .

 This bridge is one of the most important
strategic and commercial crossing on Indus
river between Punjab and khyber
pakhtunkhwa provinces.

 It was originally designed by Sir Guildford

Molesworth .
 Bridge was open to traffic on 24 May 1883.
 Consturction cost , Rs. 3.2 Millions.
Under construction
 The bridge consist of 5 spans.
 Three of them were 257 feet and two were 312
feet long.
 At the time of construction attock girders were
26 feet deep.
 The stucture was redesigned by Sir Francis
Callaghan and was reconstructed in 1929, at
the cost of Rs. 2.5 millions .
 The bridge has 2 levels and 5 spans.
 Three spans are 257 feet and two are 312 feet
long.
 Upper level is used for railway traffic and
lower level was used for road traffic.
Attock bridge ,1929
Attock bridge ,1945
 In 1979 a new bridge was constructed and road
traffic was shiffted there.
 This new bridge is known as “New Attock
Bridge”.
 Attock bridge is still in use for railway traffic.