List of bridges in Konar Province

As of the opening of the Guryak Truck Bridge in February 2009 there were three bridges crossing the Konar River.[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 Konar Provincial Reconstruction Team the popularity of the bridges stopped insurgents from attacking the bridges.

**Bridges in Konar Province**
completed	name	location	notes
	Nawabad Bridge	Nawabad	Built prior to the 2001 invasion. Crosses the Konar River. Road approaches paved in 2009.[4]
		Asmar	Built prior to the 2001 invasion. Crosses the Konar River. The 1911 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica says a bridge spanned the river at Asmar.[5]
	Senji Bridge[6]
2006-09-18	Pesh Bridge	FOB Ghazni	Completed in just one month.[7]
2008-02-00	Matin Bridge	Pesh valley	Old bridge was washed away in a flood in 2007.[8]
2009-02-17	Guryak Truck Bridge	Chapadara district
2009-x-x	Khas Konar Truck Bridge	Khas Konar
2009-x-x	Marawara Truck Bridge	Marawara District
2009-x-x	Bar Sholtan Truck Bridge	Shigal District
2009-x-x	Saw Truck Bridge	Gaziabad District

References

Neil Myers (28 July 2009). "Team Joins Divided Afghan Districts With Bridges". American Forces Press Service. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.
Neil Myers (31 July 2009). "Building Bridges in Afghanistan". Konar Provincial Reconstruction Team. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.
Neil Myers (31 July 2008). "Reconstruction team 'bridges' divided Afghan districts". FB Monitor. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2009.
David Hopkins (5 March 2009). "1-32 Infantry helps community through road project in Afghanistan". Fort Drum Mountaineer. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kunar" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 946.
Mary-Lou Gormy (10 July 2009). "Hill technical sergeant named AF Most Outstanding Airman". Hilltop Times. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.
Michael Pintiglio (18 September 2006). "Allies open bridge to Kunar future". Fort Drum Daily News. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.
"Matin bridge to connect village to Pech Road". Nato. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009.

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