From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historical and architectural interest bridges
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
CarriesCrosses
Opened
Location
Governorate
Ref.
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
2001
El Qantara
30°49′40.8″N 32°19′3.8″E / 30.828000°N 32.317722°E / 30.828000; 32.317722 (Suez Canal Bridge )
Ismailia
[S 6]
[7]
2
El Ferdan Railway Bridge
كوبري الفردان
340 m (1,120 ft)
640 m (2,100 ft)
Cantilever Steel
Swing bridge 150+340+150
2001
El Qantara
30°39′25.6″N 32°20′2″E / 30.657111°N 32.33389°E / 30.657111; 32.33389 (El Ferdan Railway Bridge )
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
2020
El Qantara
30°39′19.4″N 32°20′41.3″E / 30.655389°N 32.344806°E / 30.655389; 32.344806 (New El Ferdan Railway Bridge )
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
2019
Cairo –
Warraq Island –
Giza
30°06′08.4″N 31°14′14.0″E / 30.102333°N 31.237222°E / 30.102333; 31.237222 (Rod El Farag Axis Bridge )
Cairo
Giza
[Note 1]
[Note 2]
[12]
5
Aswan Bridge [
ar ]
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 / 24.194083°N 32.866278°E / 24.194083; 32.866278 (Aswan Bridge )
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 / 29.989194°N 31.226167°E / 29.989194; 31.226167 (Al Moneeb Bridge )
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
2013
Al Bilaydah –
Ghammazah Al Kubra
29°41′22.4″N 31°17′09.6″E / 29.689556°N 31.286000°E / 29.689556; 31.286000 (Dahshour Bridge )
Giza
[Note 1]
[16]
[17]
8
Rod El-Farag Bridge [
ar ]
كوبري روض الفرج
130 m (430 ft)
500 m (1,600 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete 75+130+75
Cairo –
Giza
30°05′08.8″N 31°13′46.5″E / 30.085778°N 31.229583°E / 30.085778; 31.229583 (Rod El Farag Bridge )
Cairo
Giza
[Note 1]
[18]
9
Gerga Axis Bridge
محور جرجا دار السلام
130 m (430 ft)(x2)
Box girder Prestressed concrete
2017
Girga
26°21′54.0″N 31°53′05.3″E / 26.365000°N 31.884806°E / 26.365000; 31.884806 (Gerga Axis Bridge )
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 / 30.133028°N 31.203694°E / 30.133028; 31.203694 (El Warrak Bridge )
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
Alexandria Agriculture Road
Nile (Damietta branch)
Benha
30°29′01.0″N 31°10′47.7″E / 30.483611°N 31.179917°E / 30.483611; 31.179917 (Banha Bridge )
Qalyubiyya
[23]
12
15th May Bridge [
ar ]
كوبري 15 مايو
115 m (377 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete
1986
Cairo –
Zamalek –
Giza
30°03′28.2″N 31°13′36.9″E / 30.057833°N 31.226917°E / 30.057833; 31.226917 (15th May Bridge )
Cairo
Giza
[24]
[25]
13
6th October Bridge
جسر 6 أكتوبر
110 m (360 ft)
12,500 m (41,000 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete 100+110+100
1996
Cairo –
Zamalek –
Giza
30°2′57.3″N 31°13′46.2″E / 30.049250°N 31.229500°E / 30.049250; 31.229500 (6th October Bridge )
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
1971
Cairo –
Roda Island –
Giza
30°00′57.1″N 31°13′12.5″E / 30.015861°N 31.220139°E / 30.015861; 31.220139 (Al Moneeb Bridge )
Cairo
Giza
[S 12]
[5]
[26]
15
Tama Axis Upper Bridge [
ar ]
جسر محور طما العلوي
Box girder Prestressed concrete
2018
Tima
26°53′33.5″N 31°29′02.1″E / 26.892639°N 31.483917°E / 26.892639; 31.483917 (Tama Axis Upper Bridge )
Sohag
Asyut
16
New Banha Bridge
Box girder Prestressed concrete
Regional Ring Road
Nile (Damietta branch)
Benha
30°29′36.3″N 31°11′27.7″E / 30.493417°N 31.191028°E / 30.493417; 31.191028 (New Banha Bridge )
Qalyubiyya
17
El Gama'a Bridge [
ar ]
كوبري الجامعه
Beam bridge Steel
Cairo –
Roda Island –
Giza
30°1′42.5″N 31°13′14.4″E / 30.028472°N 31.220667°E / 30.028472; 31.220667 (El Gama'a Bridge )
Cairo
Giza
[Note 3]
[S 13]
18
Talkha Axis Nile Bridge
630 m (2,070 ft)
Box girder Prestressed concrete
Road bridge
Nile (Damietta branch)
2016
Mansoura –
Talkha
31°05′39.3″N 31°25′20.8″E / 31.094250°N 31.422444°E / 31.094250; 31.422444 (Talkha Axis Nile Bridge )
Dakahlia
[27]
19
Kalabsha Bridge [
ar ]
جسر كلابشة
Box girder Prestressed concrete
Kom Ombo
24°35′01.1″N 32°54′16.7″E / 24.583639°N 32.904639°E / 24.583639; 32.904639 (Kalabsha Bridge )
Aswan
See also
Notes and references
^
a
b
c
d 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.
^ 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
^
a
b
c
d
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) .
Japan International Cooperation Agency . January 1997.
^ 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 . 80 .
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering : 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 .
^
"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 . 13 (2).
American Society of Civil Engineers : 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 . 67 (1). Faculty Of Engineering, Cairo University: 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) . Arles, France: Publications de l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art. pp. 59–65.
doi :
10.4000/books.inha.12707 .
ISBN
9791097315016 .
External links
List of bridges in the world
Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania
Structural types Lists of bridges by type Lists of bridges by size Additional lists Related