Crosses Panj River Opened 26 August 2007 Width 12 m Body of water Panj River | Total length 672 m | |
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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(Text) CC BY-SA