This bridge spanning the Panj River connecting Tajikistan and Afghanistan was opened on 26 August 2007. The two lane bridge cost approximately $40 million, was financed by US Army Corps of Engineers and was designed and constructed by an Italian company, Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A..
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were joined by US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at the opening ceremony.
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- Crosses : Panj River
- Locale : Panji Poyon (alternatively Nizhni-Pyanj in Tajikistan and Afghanistan
- Design : Girder bridge
- Total length : 672 metres
- Width 11.6 metres
- Opened : 2007-08-26
- Coordinates : 37.1946°N 68.6053°E
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