A bridge construction project, which was threatening the Achaemenid site of Naqsh-e Rustam in Iran’s southern province of Fars, has recently been cancelled.

A series of efforts were made by the Parsa and Pasargadae Research Foundation (PPRF) and the Fars Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department that persuaded the officials of the Shiraz-Isfahan railway line to cancel the project, the Persian service of CHN reported on Saturday.

If the bridge, which was to cross a road at a distance of one kilometer from Naqsh-e Rustam, were to become operational, the construction would spoil the horizontal view of the site.

The PPRF proposed construction of a tunnel or installation of crossing gates, if the highway and railway line cross at track level, PPRF director Mohammad-Hassan Talebian told CHN.