Crosses Gomti River Heritage status 1978 Opened 1567 Bridge type Arch bridge Construction end 1567 | Locale Jaunpur Followed by New Bridge Body of water Gomti River Location Jaunpur | |
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Maintained by Directorate of Archaeology, (U.P.)
UP-PWD
UP Bridge corporation Preceded by Boat Bridge of Sharki's Address SH 5, Pratap Colony, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh 222001 Similar Atala Mosque - Jaunpur, Jama Mosque - Jaunpur, Lal Darwaza Masjid - J, Jaunpur Fort, Chawk Mosque | ||
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Shahi Bridge or Munim Khan's Bridge or Akbari Bridge or Mughal Bridge or Jaunpur Bridge is a 16th-century bridge over river Gomti in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The Shahi Bridge is located 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) north of Jaunpur, 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) northwest of Zafarābād, 16.2 kilometres (10.1 mi) north-northeast of Mariāhū and 26.6 kilometres (16.5 mi) west-northwest of the town of Kirākat.
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Construction
Mughal Emperor Akbar ordered the construction of the Shahi Bridge, which was completed in the year 1568–69 by Munim Khan. It took four years to complete the bridge. It was designed by Afghan architect Afzal Ali.
Current use
The bridge was severely damaged in the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. Seven of its arches had to be rebuilt. In addition to its historical significance, the bridge is still in use.
The bridge is on the Protection & Conservation list of Directorate of Archaeology, (U.P.) since 1978.
The bridge is generally recognised as Jaunpur's most significant Mughal structure.
A new bridge parallel to Shahi Bridge was opened on 28 November, 2006 by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mulayam Singh Yadav.
In literature
William Hodges in his book 'Select Views in India' mentions about bridge:
"The inundations have been frequently known to rise even over the bridge in so much that in the year 1774 a whole brigade of the British forces was passed over it in boats."
Rudyard Kipling's poem Akbar's Bridge mentions this bridge.