Bahmanshir Bridge At Istgah-e Haft, Abadan
Bahmanshir Bridge at Istgah-e Haft ( fa, پل بهمنشیر آبادان ایستگاه هفت, ''Pol-e Bahmanshir-e Ābadān-e Istgāh-e Haft''), which is commonly referred to as the ''Istgah-e Haft Bridge'' ( fa, پل ایستگاه هفت, ''Pol-e Istgāh-e Haft''), is a bridge over the Bahmanshir River in the Istgah-e Haft neighborhood of Abadan, Iran, Abadan, Iran. During the early part of the Iran–Iraq War, this bridge played a critical role during the Siege of Abadan, as it was one of only two bridges allowing access to Abadan Island making the key cities of Abadan, Iran, Abadan and Khorramshahr difficult to capture. On March 10, 2002, the bridge was registered as historical monument #5002 on the list of Registered National Monuments of Iran. See also * Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran References

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Bahmanshir
The Bahmanshir channel ( fa, بهمن‌شیر, ) is a secondary estuary of the Karun River that parallels the Shatt al-Arab/Arvand Rud waterway on the far side of the Abadan Island, Iran, for 70 miles before emptying into the Persian Gulf. The Bahamanshir served as the main estuary of the Karun River before the digging of the Haffar canal by the Daylamite Buwayhid king Panah Khusraw Adud ad-Dawlah, that joined the Karun to the Arvand Rud / Shatt al-Arab waterway at the site of the present-day Khorramshahr. The Haffar in time became the main estuary of the Karun, relegating the Bahmanshir to a secondary estuary status. The rivers was a contraction of Vahman-Ardashir, Middle Persian for the "Good thought of Ardashir," named for the Sasanian king, Ardashir I. The Bahamanshir may be a man-made canal, "thought up" by king Ardashir, as the Haffar later came to be. If so, then the Bahmanshir was excavated to deliver the waters of the mighty Karun directly to the Persian Gulf, creat ...
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