Kohala Bridge

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Coordinates	34.096115933871666°N 73.49902123326198°E / 34.096115933871666; 73.49902123326198
Carries	Cars, buses
Crosses	River Jhelum
Locale	Kohala
Characteristics
No. of lanes	2
Location

The Kohala Bridge is a bridge across the Jhelum River,^[1] a tributary of the Indus River, that forms part of one of the land routes from the Azad Kashmir to Punjab in Pakistan. It is located on the E75 expressway.^[2]

Historical Kohala Bridge

Kohala Bridge, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

The bridge is located in the town of Kohala, 38 kilometres (24 mi) north of Murree and 35 km south of Muzaffarabad. A bridge was constructed in 1877 and vanished in an 1890 flood. A new transportable steel bridge was constructed in 1899, and in 1990 it too vanished in a flood. A third bridge was constructed on the north edge of Union Council Birote Kalan, Abbottabad District, in 1993.^[3][1]

References

1. "Kohala's Bridge: For people in AJK crossing a bridge was never this risky - Pakistan". Dunya News. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
2. Mehmood, Khurram (2017-08-29). "Footprints: where the heart is". Dawn. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
3. "Eco Tourism Development In Pakistan, Paragraph: Tourist Attraction". Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2012-04-17.