List of bridges in Egypt

Historical and architectural interest bridges

		Name	Arabic	Distinction	Length	Type	Carries Crosses	Opened	Location	Governorate	Ref.
	1	Roda Island Bridge				Pontoon bridge	Footbridge Nile (short arm)		Cairo–Roda Island	Cairo
	2	Mansoura Railway Bridge	جسر قطار المنصورة		279 m (915 ft)	Truss Steel	Railway bridge Nile (Damietta branch)	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
	5	Imbaba Bridge	كوبري إمبابة		480 m (1,570 ft)	Truss Steel	Railway bridge Road bridge Nile	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) [ar]	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.
	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]
	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 [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	Nile	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 Ring Road Nile		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 [ar]	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	Cairo Ring Road Nile	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	Alexandria Agriculture Road Nile (Damietta branch)		Benha 30°29′01.0″N 31°10′47.7″E	Qalyubiyya	[23]
	12	15th May Bridge [ar]	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]
	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 [ar]	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
	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	Qalyubiyya
	17	El Gama'a Bridge [ar]	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	Road bridge Nile (Damietta branch)	2016	Mansoura–Talkha 31°05′39.3″N 31°25′20.8″E	Dakahlia	[27]
	19	Kalabsha Bridge [ar]	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

1. The length given only takes into account the main bridge, central span(s) and shore span(s), approach viaducts are not counted.
2. 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]
3. Also called Cairo University Bridge.

• Nicolas Janberg. "International Database for Civil and Structural Engineering". Structurae.com.

1. "Mansoura Rail Bridge".
2. "Giza Zoo Suspension Bridge".
3. "Imbaba Bridge".
4. "Kasr el Nil Bridge".
5. "Stanley Bridge".
6. "Suez Canal Bridge".
7. "El Ferdan Swing Bridge".
8. "Aswan Bridge".
9. "Al Moneeb Bridge".
10. "El Warrak Bridge".
11. "6th of October Bridge".
12. "El Giza Bridge".
13. "El Gama'a Bridge".

• Others references

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4. Sirjacobs, 2012, p.60
5. Chen, Duan, 2014, p.1203
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7. 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. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Mazzarolo, Enrico; Grigoletto, Marco; Ceccato, Fabio (July 2019). "El Ferdan Bridge over the Suez Canal" (PDF). DarMagazine. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
11. "Widest cable-stayed bridge". Guinness World Records. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
12. 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.
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16. "Dahshor Bridge". Infra-consultants.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
17. "Dahshour Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
18. "Rod El-Farag Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
19. "Gerga - Dar El Salam Axis Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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21. 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.
22. 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.
23. "Banha Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
24. "15th May Bridge - Cairo". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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26. "Al Giza Bridge". Arabcont.com - Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co.). Retrieved March 19, 2023.
27. "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. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

External links

• "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).