Transcaspian Railway, starting from Uzma Ada on the Caspian, was opened as far as Merv in 1886, to Samarkand in 1888, and in 1892 was being extended to Tashkand. The Amu-Darya (Oxus) is crossed by a wooden bridge 6804 feet in length.
Transcaspian Railway
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 270
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