Goz Abu Goma Bridge
The Goz Abu Goma Bridge is a railway bridge across the White Nile at Kosti, the former Goz Abu Goma. It is 50 miles south of Alays in Sudan.
Goz Abu Goma Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Goz Abu Goma Bridge in 1967 | |
| Coordinates | 13°08′38″N 32°43′40″E |
| Carries | Railway |
| Crosses | White Nile |
| Locale | Sudan |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 536 m |
| History | |
| Constructed by | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
| Opened | 1911 |
| Location | |
The structure is on the railway line between Khartoum and Al-Ubayyid.[1]
There are nine main river openings with a total span of 536 metres long.[2]
The bridge was completed by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company in 1911.[3][4]
References
- The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway & River Route from 1887 to 1922. Vol. 2. 1923. p. 258.
- Baltzer, Franz (1916). Die Kolonialbahnen Afrikas. Göschen´sche Verlagshandlung Berlin-Leipzig. p. 110. ISBN 9783826202339.
- A Sudan Bridge
- The Development of the Sudan. The Engineer. 19 March 2015. p. 271.
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