Highway 2 is an

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Baqubah Baqubah (; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 280,000 people. ...

Al Khalis Al Khalis (''Khalis'' or ''Khales'') () is a town in Diyala, Iraq, roughly 15 kilometers (9 mi) northwest of Baqubah. It is the main town of Khalis Arfan District. The Khalis Arfan district previously housed the Mujahedin-e Khalq (PMOI ...

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Khazir Bridge

Highway 2 crosses the

Khazir River The Khazir River () is a river of northern Iraq, a tributary of the Great Zab river, joining its right bank. Geomorphology The area around the Khazir River is geologically active and crosses three anticlines from the north to the south and this ...

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. The 2003 construction of the bridge was done as part of USAID developments with the Ministry of Public Works. This bridge was a twinned concrete structure with each direction bearing 2 lanes of traffic. It was partially destroyed a decade later by

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