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==== Chakothi – Salamabad ==== The Salamabad crossing point, or the Kamran Post, is on the road between [[Chakothi]] and [[Uri, Jammu and Kashmir|Uri]] in the [[Baramulla district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] along the LoC.<ref>{{Cite press release |date=10 November 2005|title=Pakistan: Second border crossing-point opens to allow relief from India |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/india/pakistan-second-border-crossing-point-opens-allow-relief-india|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826104710/https://reliefweb.int/report/india/pakistan-second-border-crossing-point-opens-allow-relief-india|archive-date=26 August 2021|access-date=26 August 2021|website=[[ReliefWeb]]}}</ref><ref name="ET_Cross_Goods">{{cite news |title=Jammu and Kashmir: Goods over Rs 3,432 crore traded via two LoC points in 3 years |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62429258.cms |access-date=25 July 2018 |agency=PTI |publisher=[[The Economic Times]] |date=9 January 2018 |archive-date=17 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817121207/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/62429258.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> It is a major route for cross LoC trade and travel. Banking facilities and a trade facilitation centre are being planned on the Indian side.<ref name="ET_CrossLOC"/> The English name for the bridge in Uri translates as "bridge of peace". The Indian Army rebuilt it after the [[2005 Kashmir earthquake]] when a mountain on the Pakistani side caved in.<ref name="HT_inaugurate">{{cite news|date=21 February 2008|title=J&K CM inaugurates rebuilt Aman Setu|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|agency=IANS|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/j-k-cm-inaugurates-rebuilt-aman-setu/story-J8rVhViLWXHhl6NHHz1VbL.html|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005837/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/j-k-cm-inaugurates-rebuilt-aman-setu/story-J8rVhViLWXHhl6NHHz1VbL.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This route was opened for trade in 2008 after being closed for 61 years.<ref name="livemint_Trucks">{{cite news|last=Ramasubbu|first=Krishnamurthy|date=21 October 2008|title=Trucks start rolling, duty-free commerce across LoC opens|publisher=[[Livemint]]|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/rkyV94TJ7QOHhPUMS5wqDN/Trucks-start-rolling-dutyfree-commerce-across-LoC-opens.html|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005910/https://www.livemint.com/Politics/rkyV94TJ7QOHhPUMS5wqDN/Trucks-start-rolling-dutyfree-commerce-across-LoC-opens.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Srinagar–Muzaffarabad Bus]] crosses this bridge on the LoC.<ref name="OutlookKaman">{{cite news|date=19 February 2006|title=Re-erected Kaman Aman Setu will be inaugurated on Monday|publisher=Outlook|agency=PTI|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/re-erected-kaman-aman-setu-will-be-inaugurated-on-monday/356510|access-date=25 July 2018|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726005653/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/re-erected-kaman-aman-setu-will-be-inaugurated-on-monday/356510|url-status=live}}</ref>
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