Ayub Bridge

Ayub Bridge ایوب پل
Ayub Bridge
Coordinates	27°41′38″N 68°53′18″E / 27.693788°N 68.888217°E / 27.693788; 68.888217
Carries	Railway
Crosses	River Indus
Locale	Sukkur
Characteristics
Design	Dorman Long of Middlesbrough, England
Material	Iron – Steel
Total length	806 feet
Height	247 feet
Longest span	806 feet (246 m)
Rail characteristics
Track gauge	1676
History
Designer	David B Steinman
Construction start	Nov 1959
Construction end	May 1962
Statistics
Daily traffic	Railway traffic
Location

Ayub Bridge (Sindhi: ايوب پل; Urdu: ایوب پل ), named after Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan), is a railway bridge over the Indus river between Rohri and Sukkur in Sindh province, Pakistan. The bridge is about 806 feet long, 247 feet high and cost Rs21.6 million. It has served the city for 50 years by providing a strong link for rail traffic between Sukkur and Rohri. Before this, Lansdowne Bridge was the railway link between Sukkur and Rohri. The foundation stone of this steel arch bridge was laid on 9 December 1960 and inaugurated by President Muhammad Ayub Khan on 6 May 1962. The consulting engineer was David B. Steinman.^[1] The Ayub Bridge became the world's third longest railway arch span and the first railway bridge in the world to be slung on coiled wire rope suspenders.