Bhote Koshi Bridge

The Himalayan Trust built a bridge over the Bhote Kosi in 1964, the same season its expedition built the Lukla airstrip, the Dudh Kosi bridge and several village schools. The Bhote Kosi runs south from the Nangpa La pass, past Thame, to meet the Dudh Kosi below Namche.

Bridges over these rivers have rarely lasted long. In August 1985 an ice avalanche into a glacial lake above Thame sent a flood down the Bhote Kosi that destroyed every bridge for 80 kilometres, along both the Bhote Kosi and the Dudh Kosi.