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Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem Demogan

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Crosses
  
Panj River

Opened
  
3 November 2002

Width
  
3.5 m

Bridge type
  
Design
  
Suspension bridge

Total length
  
135 m

Location
  
Khorugh

Body of water
  
Panj River

Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Carries
  
Commercial and passenger vehicles up to 25 metric tonnes

Locale
  
Shughnon, Tajikistan / Shughnan, Afghanistan

Similar
  
Tajik–Afghan Friendship Bridge, Tajik–Afghan bridge at Panji Poy, Wakhjir Pass, Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge

The Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan was opened on 3 November 2002. It spans the Panj River. It was the first of four bridges planned to be built with the assistance of the Aga Khan Foundation.

Tem is a microdistrict of Khorugh, in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan, which is very sparsely settled. Many of the inhabitants there are Ismaili muslims, followers of the Aga Khan.

Demogan is a location in Afghanistan.

The bridge cost $400,000.

References

Tajik–Afghan bridge at Tem-Demogan Wikipedia


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