Coordinates: 34°48′14.4″N 72°56′10.94″E / 34.804000°N 72.9363722°E / 34.804000; 72.9363722

Youyi Bridge

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34°48′14.4″N 72°56′10.94″E / 34.804000°N 72.9363722°E / 34.804000; 72.9363722The Youyi Bridge (Chinese: 友誼橋, meaning Friendship Bridge, Urdu: دوستی کا پل) is a bridge on the Karakoram Highway at Thakot in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its inauguration was on August 27, 2004. The bridge spans the Indus River, and was constructed next to a bridge built between 1966 and 1978.[1] The bridge was given its Chinese name in 2004 to honour the Chinese and Pakistani workers killed in the construction of the Karakoram Highway.[2]

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