Friendship Bridge

Friendship Bridge

Known as only one bridge that connects Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, Friendship Bridge goes through the Amu Darya River. This rail and road bridge connects Termez of Surxondaryo region of Uzbekistan and Hayraton, the Afghan port in the north of Balkh province of Afghanistan.

Built under the supervision of the Russian tsarist army General M. Annenkov in May 1888, Friendship Bridge was the first wooden bridge which is now one of the most significant freight routes into the country.

Overview About Friendship Bridge

With a length of 816 meters and width of 15 metres, Friendship Bridge is made of series of steel truss spans. The single railway track runs down the middle of the road, and the bridge also carries an oil pipeline. The construction cost of the bridge was 34 million rubbles and was underway by September 1980.

After an agreement between the Afghan and Soviet authorities in 1982, an official opening ceremony of the bridge was held on 12 May 1982.

At that time, the bridge was announced as the largest feat of engineering and was strengthened with wooden piles. But due to river rapid flow and sandy bottom, the bridge began to collapse and unserviceable.

The modernisation of Friendship Bridge In Termez started in 1902. The Russian government provided 5 million rubbles for bridge construction and the construction was supervised by S. Olshevsky,

Friendship Bridge
Friendship Bridge
Friendship Bridge

Friendship Bridge Highlighted Point Of Attraction

On the heat of cold war, the Russian troops were withdrawn through this bridge after defeated against Afghan fighters supported by USA 12 years ago. When the war ends in late 90s, Taliban captured the northern provinces of Afghanistan which results into the renaming of the bridge to “Khayraton”. Uzbekistan closed the bridge on 24 May 1997, to protect the country for any danger from Afghanistan.

The Friendship Bridge reopened in October 2001, because of the international pressure put on Uzbekistan as US intervened in Afghanistan.

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