Pakistan's senior road official, Farrukh Javed inaugurates Youyi (Friendship) Bridge in the city of Thakolt, north Pakistan's Frontier Province,Tuesday.

An inauguration ceremony was held in Thakolt on Tuesday to name the bridge "Youyi" (Friendship) to commemorate Chinese and Pakistani workers who devoted their life to the construction of the bridge between 1966 and 1978.

The bridge across Indus River is located in Thakolt, the end of Sino-Pakistan Karakorum Highway.

(Xinhua News Agency August 19, 2004)