Teshkan Bridge

The Teshkan Bridge in Badashkhan is a bridge across the Kokcha River.^[1][2] Highway 302, which crosses the bridge, is the only road connection between Badashkhan and the rest of Afghanistan.^[3]

Sheep share the Teshkan bridge with vehicular traffic in Badakhshan.

In 1999 the bridge was a strategic resource fought over by two competing militia leaders.^[4]

In 2007 ISAF forces and Provincial Reconstruction Team Feyzabad reconstructed a bridge built by the Soviet Union.^[1] The new bridge took two months to build. A steel frame and a new surface were built on top of the existing bridge, using the existing bridge pier. The Governor of Badashkhan presided over the ribbon-cutting on October 16, 2007, when the bridge was recommissioned.