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Youyi Bridge

Coordinates: 34°48′14.4″N 72°56′10.94″E / 34.804000°N 72.9363722°E / 34.804000; 72.9363722
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34°48′14.4″N 72°56′10.94″E / 34.804000°N 72.9363722°E / 34.804000; 72.9363722 The Youyi Bridge (Chinese: 友誼橋, meaning Friendship Bridge, Template:Lang-ur) is a bridge on the Karakoram Highway at Thakot in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its inauguration was in 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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