page_title: Tajik–Afghan bridge at Panji Poyon
hierarchical_section_title: Tajik–Afghan bridge at Panji Poyon
caption_attribution_description: English: Opening Ceremony of Afghan-Tajik Bridge
context_page_description: The Tajikistan-Afghanistan bridge spanning the Panj River between Panji Poyon, Tajikistan and Sherkhan Bandar, Afghanistan was opened on 26 August 2007.
  The two lane bridge is 672 metres long and 11.6 metres wide. It cost approximately $40 million, financed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and was designed and constructed by an Italian company, Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A.
  The Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were joined by US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at the opening ceremony.
context_section_description: The Tajikistan-Afghanistan bridge spanning the Panj River between Panji Poyon (or Nizhniy Pyandzh), Tajikistan and Sherkhan Bandar, Afghanistan was opened on 26 August 2007.
  The two lane bridge is 672 metres (2,205 feet) long and 11.6 metres (38 feet) wide.  It cost approximately $40 million, financed by the US Army Corps of Engineers and was designed and constructed by an Italian company, Rizzani de Eccher S.p.A.
  The Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Afghan President Hamid Karzai were joined by US Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez at the opening ceremony.
caption: Opening Ceremony of Afghan-Tajik Bridge
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