FORT MUNRO STEEL BRIDGE — Attraction in Tribal Area

Upgradation of N70 National Highway (Multan-Qila Saifullah) at Girdu Hills near Fort Monroe in DG Khan started in late 2016. The road from Multan to Qila Saifullah is being improved and widened to link it up with the road network under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The project is to be executed in three phases at a cost of Rs23 billion. The first phase of ‘improvement’ of N-70 (national highway) commenced with the funding of Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA). Starting from Rakhi Gaaj-Khar-Bewata, the project aims to make the hilly portion of the road wide and safe for Gwadar-bound cargo traffic with the installation of eight steel bridges. Uniqueness of the project is that it includes 1-km-long steel bridge, the very first of its kind being introduced in Pakistan. The hilly portion of N-70, which was constructed in the late 19th century by the British engineers. It had seven difficult turns to negotiate to climb up the high mountain of Girdo to reach For Munro or Bewata. 33-kilometre long tough hilly portion of N-70 would be widened and improved with installation of eight steel bridges having a total length of 1.5 kilometre. The Japanese engineering company Japanese Taisei Corporation, which had made Kohat tunnel is working on...

Series of Steel Bridges🌉, build on National Highway 🛣 70 (N70) in the hill town of Fort Munro. It is the mountain⛰️ pass from Balochistan (Rakhni, Barkhan) to Punjab (Sakhi Sarwar, Dera Ghazi Khan). The bridges 🌉 have made effortless flow of traffic on the mountain pass ⛰️. Top Tourist Attraction, picnic 🏕️ hot spot & adventure site for the people of southern Punjab in summers (especially families👪). People and families rush to the hill station⛰️ for enjoying cool 😎 & pleasant 😊 summers, scenic views, state of the art beautiful steel bridges 🌉 (on highway), enormous mountains ⛰️ and forest 🌳🌲🌴and amazing weather 🌤🌥☁️. Hill station is located at an elevation of above 6,000+ feet, part of Sulaiman Mountain range ⛰️ ⛰️ in Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab. You can bring your own food and also get food at few spots (I would rather bring my food accessories with me) It is a busy highway, the hill station is fully crowded on a whole immediate week after Eids, it is fully packed. Last time we visited just after Eid-al-Adha we had to face about 4 hours...

This bridge is the connection between fort manro hill station & balochistan province with DG khan Punjab. It is the state of Art bridge. You will surprise to see the foundations of that bridge. Development Funds were provided by Govt of Japan as a gift for the people of Pakistan. Really it was amazing experience to see that bridge. In last i would like to say that great efforts by the whole team who worked day and night to complete that difficult task. I got reviews from locals. They told that before this bridge road was un-safe and time taking but now we are very happy because this bridge has made their lives easy. This bridge has increased Trade and Tourism in that region. Thanks to Govt of Japan and Govt...