List of bridges in Egypt
Historical and architectural interest bridges
| Name | Arabic | Distinction | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Governorate | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
._1._Vue_de_petit_bras_du_Nil_vis-%C3%A0-vis_de_l'%C3%AEle_de_Roudah_(el-R%C3%B4da)_(NYPL_b14212718-1268728).jpg.webp) | 1 | Roda Island Bridge | Pontoon bridge | Cairo–Roda Island | Cairo | ||||||
 | 2 | Mansoura Railway Bridge | جسر قطار المنصورة | 279 m (915 ft) | Truss Steel | 1913 | Mansoura–Talkha 31°03′01.4″N 31°23′17.7″E | Dakahlia | [S 1] [1] | ||
 | 3 | Giza Zoo Suspension Bridge | Built by Eiffel et Cie company | Suspension | Footbridge Giza Zoo | 1915 | Giza 30°1′25.8″N 31°12′52.7″E | Giza | [S 2] [2] | ||
 | 4 | King Farouk Bridge | Montaza Palace | Arch Concrete | Montazah Beach | Alexandria 31°17′27″N 30°1′19.9″E | Alexandria | ||||
.jpg.webp) | 5 | Imbaba Bridge | كوبري إمبابة | 480 m (1,570 ft) | Truss Steel | 1924 | Cairo–Giza 30°04′30.1″N 31°13′31.7″E | Cairo Giza | [S 3] [3] [4] | ||
 | 6 | Qasr El Nil Bridge | كوبري قصر النيل | 382 m (1,253 ft) | Beam bridge Steel | Road bridge Nile | 1933 | Cairo–Zamalek–Giza 30°2′37.5″N 31°13′47″E | Cairo Giza | [S 4] [5] | |
 | 7 | Stanley Bridge (Alexandria) | كوبري ستانلي | 276 m (906 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | El-Gaish Road Stanley beach | 2001 | Alexandria 31°14′6.2″N 29°56′54.9″E | Alexandria | [S 5] [6] |
Major road and railway bridges
This table presents the structures with spans greater than 100 metres (330 ft) (non-exhaustive list).
| Name FO | Arabic | Span | Length | Type | Carries Crosses |
Opened | Location | Governorate | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
_07.jpg.webp) | 1 | Suez Canal Bridge | كوبري السلام | 404 m (1,325 ft) | 3,900 m (12,800 ft) | Cable-stayed Steel box girder deck, concrete pylons 50+70+404+70+50 | Road bridge Suez Canal | 2001 | El Qantara 30°49′40.8″N 32°19′3.8″E | Ismailia | [S 6] [7] |
.jpg.webp) | 2 | El Ferdan Railway Bridge | كوبري الفردان | 340 m (1,120 ft) | 640 m (2,100 ft) | Cantilever Steel Swing bridge 150+340+150 | Railway bridge Suez Canal | 2001 | El Qantara 30°39′25.6″N 32°20′2″E | Ismailia | [S 7] [8] [9] |
| 3 | New El Ferdan Railway Bridge | 340 m (1,120 ft) | 640 m (2,100 ft) | Cantilever Steel Swing bridge 150+340+150 | Railway bridge Suez Canal | 2020 | El Qantara 30°39′19.4″N 32°20′41.3″E | Ismailia | [10] | ||
 | 4 | Rod El Farag Axis Bridge | كوبري تحيا مصر | 300 m (980 ft) | 540 m (1,770 ft) | Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 3x40+300+3x40 | Road bridge Nile | 2019 | Cairo–Warraq Island–Giza 30°06′08.4″N 31°14′14.0″E | Cairo Giza | [Note 1] [Note 2] [12] |
 | 5 | Aswan Bridge | كوبري أسوان | 250 m (820 ft) | 977 m (3,205 ft) | Cable-stayed Concrete box girder deck, concrete pylons 49+76+250+76+49 | 2002 | Aswan 24°11′38.7″N 32°51′58.6″E | Aswan | [S 8] [13] [14] | |
| 6 | Al Moneeb Bridge | 150 m (490 ft)(x2) | 470 m (1,540 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 85+2x150+85 | Cairo–Dahab Island–Giza 29°59′21.1″N 31°13′34.2″E | Cairo Giza | [Note 1] [S 9] [5] [15] | ||||
| 7 | Dahshour Bridge | كوبرى جنوب دهشور | 134 m (440 ft) | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 76+2x134+76 | Regional Ring Road Nile | 2013 | Al Bilaydah–Ghammazah Al Kubra 29°41′22.4″N 31°17′09.6″E | Giza | [Note 1] [16] [17] | |
| 8 | Rod El-Farag Bridge | كوبري روض الفرج | 130 m (430 ft) | 500 m (1,600 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 75+130+75 | Road bridge Nile | Cairo–Giza 30°05′08.8″N 31°13′46.5″E | Cairo Giza | [Note 1] [18] | ||
| 9 | Gerga Axis Bridge | محور جرجا دار السلام | 130 m (430 ft)(x2) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | Road bridge Nile | 2017 | Girga 26°21′54.0″N 31°53′05.3″E | Sohag | [19] [20] | ||
| 10 | El Warrak Bridge | كوبرى الوراق | 120 m (390 ft)(x4) | 2,260 m (7,410 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | 2001 | Cairo–Warraq Island–Giza 30°07′58.9″N 31°12′13.3″E | Qalyubiyya Giza | [S 10] [21] [22] | ||
| 11 | Banha Bridge | كوبرى بنها العلوى | 120 m (390 ft) | 1,300 m (4,300 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | Benha 30°29′01.0″N 31°10′47.7″E | Qalyubiyya | [23] | |||
.jpg.webp) | 12 | 15th May Bridge | كوبري 15 مايو | 115 m (377 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | Road bridge Nile | 1986 | Cairo–Zamalek–Giza 30°03′28.2″N 31°13′36.9″E | Cairo Giza | [24] [25] | |
.jpg.webp) | 13 | 6th October Bridge | جسر 6 أكتوبر | 110 m (360 ft) | 12,500 m (41,000 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 100+110+100 | Road bridge Nile | 1996 | Cairo–Zamalek–Giza 30°2′57.3″N 31°13′46.2″E | Cairo Giza | [S 11] [5] |
| 14 | El Giza Bridge | كوبري عباس | 104 m (341 ft) | 471 m (1,545 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete 69+104+70 | Road bridge Nile | 1971 | Cairo–Roda Island–Giza 30°00′57.1″N 31°13′12.5″E | Cairo Giza | [S 12] [5] [26] | |
| 15 | Tama Axis Upper Bridge | جسر محور طما العلوي | Box girder Prestressed concrete | Road bridge Nile | 2018 | Tima 26°53′33.5″N 31°29′02.1″E | Sohag Asyut | ||||
.jpg.webp) | 16 | New Banha Bridge | Box girder Prestressed concrete | Benha 30°29′36.3″N 31°11′27.7″E | Qalyubiyya | ||||||
 | 17 | El Gama'a Bridge | كوبري الجامعه | Beam bridge Steel | Road bridge Nile | Cairo–Roda Island–Giza 30°1′42.5″N 31°13′14.4″E | Cairo Giza | [Note 3] [S 13] | |||
| 18 | Talkha Axis Nile Bridge | 630 m (2,070 ft) | Box girder Prestressed concrete | 2016 | Mansoura–Talkha 31°05′39.3″N 31°25′20.8″E | Dakahlia | [27] | ||||
.jpg.webp) | 19 | Kalabsha Bridge | جسر كلابشة | Box girder Prestressed concrete | Road bridge Nile | Kom Ombo 24°35′01.1″N 32°54′16.7″E | Aswan |
See also
- Transport in Egypt
- Rail transport in Egypt
- Geography of Egypt
- List of rivers of Egypt
- de:Liste der Nilbrücken (in German) - List of bridges over the Nile River
Notes and references
- Notes
- The length given only takes into account the main bridge, central span(s) and shore span(s), approach viaducts are not counted.
- With a width of 67.3 meters, the bridge holds the Guinness World Record for the world's widest cable-stayed bridge (May 2019).[11]
- Also called Cairo University Bridge.
- Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.
- Others references
- Moddather Hassan, Maha; H. Abbas, Hussein (August 2017). "Dynamic characteristics of old railway steel bridges in Egypt". MATEC Web of Conferences. 120: 01005. doi:10.1051/matecconf/201712001005.
- "Suspension Bridge". Gizazoo-eg.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- Youssef, E.S.; Abbas, H.M.; Saleh, M.M.; Elewa, M.A. (July 2019). "Experimental testes of Imbaba Railway Bridge" (PDF). Civil Engineering Research Magazine (CERM). Vol. 41, no. 3. Al-Azhar University. pp. 237–246. ISSN 1110-0990.
- Sirjacobs, 2012, p.60
- Chen, Duan, 2014, p.1203
- "Stanley Bridge - Alexandria". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- The detailed design study of the project for construction of the Suez Canal Bridge in Egypt - Final report (PDF). January 1997.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - Maertens, Luc (1999). "Swing bridge over Suez Canal at El Ferdan: soil structure interaction and deformations". IABSE Colloquium (New Delhi): Foundations for Major Bridges: Design and Construction. Report - E-periodica.ch. International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering. 80: 211-216. doi:10.5169/seals-60761.
- Abraham, Michael J. (November 8, 2000). "Suez Canal Bridge at El Ferdan" (PDF). Heavymovablestructures.org. Heavy Movable Structures, Inc. - Eighth Biennial Symposium. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- Mazzarolo, Enrico; Grigoletto, Marco; Ceccato, Fabio (July 2019). "El Ferdan Bridge over the Suez Canal" (PDF). DarMagazine.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - "Widest cable-stayed bridge". Guinness World Records. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ElSherbeny, Mostafa M.; AboulAta, Nahla M.; Shafiq, Nader M. (July 2019). "Effect of local scour on Rod El Farag Cable Stayed Bridge Piers" (PDF). Civil Engineering Research Magazine (CERM). Vol. 41, no. 3. Al-Azhar University. pp. 150–164. ISSN 1110-0990.
- Abou-Rayan, A.M. (March 2004). "Static and dynamic characteristics of Aswan Cable-stayed Bridge" (PDF). Mansoura Engineering JOurnal (MEJ). 29 (1).
- Seleemah, Maryam A.; Helam, Mohamed S.; Abu-alenein, Mohamed A.; Hammad, Eslam B.; Goda, Mohamed S.; Seleemah, Ayman A.; Elkady, Amr Z. (August 2022). "Response of Aswan cable-stayed bridge to spatial non-synchronous seismic excitations". Journal of Engineering and Applied Science. 69 (70). doi:10.1186/s44147-022-00124-1.
- "Al Moneeb Bridge - Cairo". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "Dahshor Bridge". Infra-consultants.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "Dahshour Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "Rod El-Farag Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "Gerga - Dar El Salam Axis Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "Gerga Axis Bridge, Sohag". Presidency.eg. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- Marzouk, Mohamed; Said, Hisham; El-Said, Moheeb (March 2008). "Special-Purpose Simulation Model for Balanced Cantilever Bridges". Journal of Bridge Engineering. American Society of Civil Engineers. 13 (2): 122–131. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0702(2008)13:2(122). ISSN 1084-0702.
- Marzouk, Mohamed; Said, Hisham; El-Said, Moheeb (December 2006). Bridge Sim: framework for planning and optimizing bridge deck construction using computer simulation (PDF). Proceedings of the 2006 Winter Simulation Conference. IEEE. pp. 2039–2046. doi:10.1109/WSC.2006.322991.
- "Banha Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "15th May Bridge - Cairo". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "Integrated Systems for Bridges Construction". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "Al Giza Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- "محور طلخا على النيل" [Talkha axis on the Nile]. Egy-map.com (in Arabic). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
Further reading
- Alsadaty, A. (February 2020). "Enhancing Historic Metallic Bridges' Rehabilitation Policies In Egypt". Journal of Engineering and Applied Science. Faculty Of Engineering, Cairo University. 67 (1): 119–138.
- Chen, Wai-Fah; Duan, Lian (2014). "Bridge Engineering in Egypt". In CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group (ed.). Handbook of International Bridge Engineering. CRC Press. p. 1161-1207. ISBN 978-1-4398-1029-3.
- "Egyptian Bridges" (PDF). Bridges: a few examples of the work of a pioneer firm in the manufacture of steel and steelwork. Dorman Long and Company Limited. pp. 21–32.
- H. Abbas, Hussein; M. Hassan, Maha (2017). "Steel railway bridges in Egypt" (PDF). Journal Egyptian Society of Engineers. 56 (2). ISSN 1110-1253.
- Prade, Marcel (1990). "L'Egypte". Les Grands Ponts du Monde : Ponts Remarquables Hors d'Europe [The Great Bridges of the World: Remarkable Bridges Outside Europe]. Art et patrimoine (in French). Poitiers: Brissaud. p. 26-27. ISBN 2-902170-68-8.
- Sirjacobs, Isabelle (2012). "From one shore to the other: Baume & Marpent's Egyptian bridges". Building Beyond The Mediterranean: Studying The Archives of European Businesses (1860-1970). pp. 59–65. doi:10.4000/books.inha.12707. ISBN 9791097315016.
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External links
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- "Transportation: Bridges". Ace-egypt.com - ACE Consulting Engineers Egypt. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021.
- "Brücken in der Ägypten" [Bridges in Egypt]. Brueckenweb.de (in German).
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