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Rs. 13.75 billion. Location. Fort Munro Steel Bridge (Ur:فورٹ منرو فولادی پل) also known as Rakhi Gaaj Project is a road bridge, located in the Punjab region of Pakistan, on the route to Fort Munro. It is the 2nd largest steel bridge in Asia. [1] It was engineered in collaboration with Japan, Japan International Cooperation ...
Vehicles; rail until 1962. The Lansdowne Bridge (Sindhi لينسڊائون پل; Urdu: لینس ڈاؤن پل) over the Indus at Sukkur was one of the great engineering feats of the 19th century. The longest cantilever bridge ever built, it had to support the load of heavy steam locomotives. The bridge was inaugurated on 25 March 1889.
Rohtas Fort is situated on a hill in the Tilla Jogian Range, overlooking a gorge where the Kahān River meets a seasonal stream called Parnal Khas. The fort is positioned 91.5 metres (300 ft) above its surroundings. It is 819 metres (2,687 ft) above sea level and covers an area of 70 hectares (170 acres).
Guddu Barrage ( Sindhi: گڏو بيراج; Urdu: گڈو بیراج )is a barrage on the Indus River near Kashmore in the Sindh province of Pakistan. President Iskander Mirza laid the foundation-stone of Guddu Barrage on 2 February 1957. The barrage was completed in 1962 at a cost of 474.8 million rupees and inaugurated by Field Marshal Ayub ...
Year-round; 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Status. Operating. Parking. Available. Fatima Jinnah Park (Urdu: فاطمہ جناح پارک), also known as Capital Park or F-9 Park, is a public recreational park that spans the whole of Sector F-9 of Islamabad, Pakistan. It is named after Mādar-e Millat Fatima Jinnah, the younger sister of the founder of ...
The gate is a two-story structure with space for ten to twelve shops. The gate's rooftop can be accessed by a staircase. The gate opens up into a Bazaar heading to the Wazir Khan Mosque and further leading to Shah Alam Market and Suha Bazaar. The famous spice market Akbari Mandi is also located next to Delhi Gate. [1]
The main spillway is a submerged orifice type with 9 radial gates, 36 ft (11 m) x 40 ft (12 m) each; it has a maximum capacity of 1.1 million cusecs. The emergency spillway is a weir type with an erodible bund and a maximum capacity of 0.23 million cusecs. The 5 tunnels are steel and concrete lined and 1,560 feet long in bedrock.
The Architecture of Lahore reflects the history of Lahore and is remarkable for its variety and uniqueness. There are buildings left from the centuries of rule of the Mughal Empire, the Sikh Empire, as well as from the era of the British Raj, whose style is a mixture of Victorian and Islamic architecture often referred to as Indo-Saracenic.