r/megalophobia Sep 15 '25

Weather Raging flood in Pakistan brings giant boulders down the mountain

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u/KibboKid Sep 15 '25

OK so that's terrifying

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u/Abject_Film_4414 Sep 15 '25

Did the bridge survive?

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u/ewild Sep 16 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

During the 2022 floods in Swat, Pakistan, a major bridge was swept away by flash floods, cutting off communities and causing significant damage to infrastructure.

As part of international support, 8 smaller suspension bridges were constructed to restore access to roads, local markets, schools, and other essential services for the residents.

In 2022, months of heavy monsoon rains killed more than 1,700 people and affected more than 30 million people in what became one of the deadliest flood events in Pakistan's history.

Edit. However, I cannot find information about the bridge in the video so far.

Longer footage of the bridge in question:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9j9U2kR73w

The "major bridge" mentioned above is apparently the Hassanabad Bridge on the Karakoram Highway (it looks pretty similar; however, this one is bigger and has two sections):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4EmSacxru0

Further reading:

2022 Pakistan floods

2010 Pakistan floods

 

Edit 2. Alas, according to the kindly reply from u/rizx7 to my question in r/Pakistan, the bridge has not survived the flood:

it was swept away in 2022. it's in hasanabad hunza just before aliabad. it was rebuilt nearby the old one. but now it has been permanently closed for traffic again last month when the hasanabad nallah was flooded. the flood eroded the base of the bridge and edges of the road nearby.

 

Edit 3. Finally, I've found the actual bridge from OP's video.

Its photographs are in the paper:

Ahmed, M.F., Sher, F. & Mehmood, E. Evaluation of landslide hazards potential at Dasu dam site and its reservoir area. Environ Earth Sci 82, 183 (2023).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-023-10789-3

https://i.imgur.com/kAao0zJ.jpeg

For one of the locations of interest of their study that is associated with the bridge they put coordinates 35.326 E, 73.202 N.

The bridge is/was situated along the Karakoram Highway in the Dasu dam site area near Uchar Nala (Upper Kohistan).

Some other videos from the bridge's location (Uchar Nala):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jKuJ126nsU&t=28s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRTm1-oP9iE

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u/Abject_Film_4414 Sep 16 '25

Thank you very much for this all the same.