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Tajik–Afghan bridge at Panji Poyon

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Crosses
  
Panj River

Opened
  
26 August 2007

Width
  
12 m

Body of water
  
Panj River

Design
  
Girder bridge

Total length
  
672 m

Location
  
Panji Poyon

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Locale
  
Panji Poyon (alternatively Nizhni-Pyanj)

Bridge type
  
Truss bridge, Girder bridge

Similar
  
Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge, Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem‑Demogan, Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge, Girder bridge

The Tajikistan-Afghanistan bridge spanning the Panj River between Panji Poyon (or Nizhniy Pyandzh), Tajikistan and Sherkhan Bandar, Afghanistan was opened on 26 August 2007. The two lane bridge is 672 meters long and 11.6 meters wide. It cost approximately $40 million, financed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and was designed and constructed by an Italian company, Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A. The Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were joined by US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at the opening ceremony.

References

Tajik–Afghan bridge at Panji Poyon Wikipedia