List of bridges in Kunar Province explained
As of the opening of the Guryak Truck Bridge in February 2009 there were three bridges crossing the Kunar River in Kunar Province.[1] [2] [3] The Konar Provincial Reconstruction Team is working on four additional new bridges.The bridges are designed to last sixty years.According to Lieutenant Neil Myers USN, of the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team the popularity of the bridges stopped insurgents from attacking the bridges.
Bridges in Konar Province| completed | name | location | notes |
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| | | - Built prior to the 2001 invasion.
- Crosses the Kunar River.
- Road approaches paved in 2009.[4]
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| Senji Bridge[6] |
| 2006-09-18 | | | - Completed in just one month.[7]
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| 2008-02-00 | | | - Old bridge was washed away in a flood in 2007.[8]
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| 2009-02-17 | | Chapadara district |
| 2009-x-x | | | |
| 2009-x-x | | | |
| 2009-x-x | | | |
| 2009-x-x | | | | |
References
- News: Team Joins Divided Afghan Districts With Bridges . 2009-07-28 . Neil Myers . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601022528/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=50611 . 1 June 2009 . dead.
- News: Building Bridges in Afghanistan . 2009-07-31 . Neil Myers . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090809102157/http://www.militarynewsnetwork.com/military-news/your-military-news5.htm . 9 August 2009 . dead.
- News: Reconstruction team 'bridges' divided Afghan districts . 2008-07-31 . Neil Myers . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090108094731/http://www.fbmonitor.com/monitor/2008/07july/073108/pdf/073108part3.pdf . 8 January 2009 . dead.
- News: 1-32 Infantry helps community through road project in Afghanistan . 2009-03-05 . David Hopkins . . https://archive.today/20090918055728/http://www.drum.army.mil/sites/postnews/blizzard/blizzard_archives/news.asp?id=3&issuedate=3-5-2009 . 18 September 2009 . dead.
- Kunar . 15 . 946.
- News: Hill technical sergeant named AF Most Outstanding Airman . 2009-07-10 . Mary-Lou Gormy . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090810110302/http://www.hill.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123158018 . 10 August 2009 . dead.
- News: Allies open bridge to Kunar future . 2006-09-18 . Michael Pintiglio . . https://archive.today/20090918054827/http://www.drum.army.mil/sites/installation/pao/drumdaily/newsItem.asp?id=2006/0609-14 . 18 September 2009 . dead.
- News: Matin bridge to connect village to Pech Road . 2008-01-17 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090716220036/http://www.nato.int/isaf/docu/pressreleases/2008/01-january/pr080117-029.html . 16 July 2009 . dead.
