Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

Egypt to complete world's widest suspension bridge


Fri 15 Jun 2018 | 06:23 AM
Mohamed Wadie

CAIRO, JUNE 15 (SEE) The Arab Contractors Company are implementing "Al-Farag axis" one of the most important projects of the national road network to transport the traffic congestion coming from east of Cairo to the Alexandria Desert Road, Matrouh and El-Alamein without passing through the heart of Cairo, linking the north and east with the areas of western Cairo, and connecting the Ring Road with the regional ring road, the Qattara lowlands and the North Coast.

The axis includes a bridge on the western Nile about 400 meters long, 50 meters wide, 14 meters high from the surface of the water, and the width of the navigational opening 120 meters, allowing the passage of floating hotels by the system of moving vehicles.

The bridge is built on six columns, three columns in the east, and the same in the western side. The height of the columns is 100 meters from the surface of the water. It is based on a base of 80 meters, with a diameter of two meters and a depth of 46 meters.

The project also includes the implementation of the "East Egypt" bridge,World's widest  suspension bridge located on the top of the Nile River, east of Al-Warraq Island, it consists of two main towers, about 100 meters above the surface of the water, to install huge cables weighing up to 1000 tons to carry the bridge body, with a width of 64 to 84 meters including the largest slot navigation through the River Nile where the width of the navigation aperture reaches 300 meters.

The work is carried out by 4 thousand engineers, technicians and experienced workers, including those working under the Nile River in the piles and column bases.

The work of the implementation of the second phase has been completed by 85% so far.