Uzbekistan to build new bridge on Turkmenistan border in Bukhara region

Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has ordered 25 billion soums from his reserve to fund a new bridge and road infrastructure in Alat district, Bukhara region, on the border with Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 24 TV reported. The instruction came on November 4 during a meeting on socio-economic development held on a working trip to the region.

Alat district hokim Nargiza Nematova proposed the project, saying the existing bridge can no longer handle the tripled volume of freight and passenger traffic. That same day, Transport Minister I. Makhkamov and other officials visited the Olot border customs post to discuss ways to raise its capacity.

The existing bridge over the Yomonjar canal, linking neutral territories of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, was built in 1978 and is technically obsolete. The Ministry of Transport proposes at least two truck lanes in each direction on the new bridge. In the first 10 months of 2026, more than 243,000 vehicles passed through Olot, 2.3 times the figure for the same period of 2022.