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Shafaq News- Diyala
The Hamrin Lake Bridge in northeastern Diyala was shut to all traffic
after landslides damaged its approach roads, a source told Shafaq News on
Monday.
Vehicles, including cars and trucks, have been barred from using the
country’s longest bridge, with traffic redirected to the Imam Wais road. The
diversion has slowed movement between Baqubah and Khanaqin, forcing a major
detour that adds more than an hour to key travel routes in the Kurdistan
Region.
Heavy rainfall recently raised water levels in Lake Hamrin, triggering
structural collapse near the bridge and prompting authorities to close the
crossing over safety concerns for motorists.
Stretching more than seven kilometers, the project has already cost more
than 60 billion Iraqi dinars ($39.06 million). Local authorities opened the new
crossing to traffic more than a month ago, before construction was fully
completed, after waves from the lake damaged the old bridge.