List of bridges in Afghanistan

Historical and architectural interest bridges

		Name	Persian	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Region	Ref.
	1	Malan Bridge	پل مالان		230 m (750 ft)	Masonry 22 arches	Road bridge Hari	1010	Herat 34°17′10.1″N 62°11′28.7″E	Herat Province	[S 1] [1]

Major road and railway bridges

This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 meters (non-exhaustive list).

		Name		Span	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Region	Ref.
	1	Kelif Pipeline Bridge		660 m (2,170 ft)	660 m (2,170 ft)	Suspension Steel	Pipeline Amu Darya	1975	Keleft - Kelif 37°20′42.4″N 66°15′38.1″E	Balkh  Turkmenistan	[2]
	2	Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan		135 m (443 ft)		Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Road bridge Panj River	2002	Shighnan District - Khorugh 37°31′41.0″N 71°30′13.0″E	Badakhshan  Tajikistan	[S 2] [3]
	3	Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge			816 m (2,677 ft)	Truss Steel	Road-rail bridge Amu Darya	1982	Hairatan - Termez 37°13′44.9″N 67°25′39.6″E	Balkh  Uzbekistan	[S 3] [4]
	4	Tajik–Afghan bridge at Vanj-Jamarj-e Bala			216 m (709 ft)	Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Road bridge Panj River	2011	Jamarj-e Bala - Vanj District 38°16′19.3″N 71°20′18.3″E	Badakhshan  Tajikistan	[5]
	5	Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge				Suspension Steel	Road bridge Panj River	2004	Nusay - Ruzvat 38°27′11.5″N 70°49′37.7″E	Badakhshan  Tajikistan	[S 4]
	6	Shurabad cross-border Bridge				Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons	Road bridge Panj River		Khwahan District - Shohon 37°56′17.2″N 70°13′46.4″E	Badakhshan  Tajikistan

Alphabetical list

• Afghanistan-Iran Bridge in Zaranj, Nimroz Province
• Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge at Sher Khan Bandar in Kunduz Province
• Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge at Hairatan in Balkh Province
• Bar Shultan Bridge ( Kunar Province)
• Behsud Bridge in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province
• Guryak Truck Bridge in Kunar Province
• Kandahar-Helmand Bridge (Bagh-e Pul), Kandahar Province
• Kandahar-Urozgan Bridge in Kandahar Province
• Khan Kunar Bridge ( Kunar province)
• Lal Pur Bridge in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province
• Malan Bridge (Pul-e Malan) in Herat, Herat Province
• Pashad Bridge in Kunar Province
• Saw Bridge in Kunar Province

See also

• Transport in Afghanistan
• Rail transport in Afghanistan
• Geography of Afghanistan
• List of bridges in Konar Province

Notes and references

• Notes

• Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.

1. "Pul-i Malan".
2. "Tem-Demogan Bridge".
3. "Friendship Bridge".
4. "Tajik-Afghan Friendship Bridge".

• Others references

1. "بازسازی پل تاریخی مالان در ولایت هرات". avapress.com (in Persian).
2. "ВИСЯЧИЙ ГАЗОПРОВОДНЫЙ ПЕРЕХОД ЧЕРЕЗ реку АМУДАРЬЮ у поселка КЕЛИФ". studopedia.ru (in Russian).
3. "Aga Khan to open Tajik-Afghan bridge". ismaili.net.
4. "Railways of Afghanistan - Hairatan and the Friendship Bridge". andrewgrantham.co.uk.
5. "Tajik and Afghan officials inaugurate Vanj bridge built by AKDN as part of Cross-border Initiatives". akdn.org.

External links

• "Suspension Bridges of Afghanistan". bridgemeister.com.
• "Afghanistan – Tajikistan border crossings". caravanistan.com.