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The view of the bridge from the confluence of White and Blue Nile from Tuti Island. The bridge was built from 1963 to 1966 by the Italian company Recchi. [1] It was the first prestressed concrete bridge built abroad by an Italian company. [2] On 11 November 2023, the bridge was destroyed amid intense fighting in the Battle of Khartoum. [3]
"Effect of the Superstructure Construction Method on the Cost and Duration of Bridge Projects in Sudan". Omdurman Islamic University Journal. 11 (1): 357– 375. doi: 10.52981/oiuj.v11i1.1686. ISSN 1858-5361. "Sudan Bridges" (PDF). Bridges: a few examples of the work of a pioneer firm in the manufacture of steel and steelwork.
A boat on the Blue Nile before the Al Mansheiya Bridge. Khartoum has a number of bridges across both tributaries of the Nile. The Mac Nimir Bridge, the Blue Nile Road & Railway Bridge, the Cooper Bridge (also known as the Armed Forces Bridge), and the Elmansheya Bridge span the Blue Nile, connecting Khartoum to Khartoum North.
Opened in 2007, the El Mek Nimr Bridge links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan, with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river. [1] It is named after Mek Nimr , a leader of the Ja'alin tribe in northern Sudan, who was famously defeated against the Egyptians.
The Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge is a bascule bridge in Sudan, which links the capital Khartoum to the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile. History [ edit ]
Other urban structures were marketplaces, such as Souq al-Arabi, banks and offices, as well as the infrastructure for railway services and the first bridges spanning the Nile. (The Blue Nile Bridge opened in 1909 and Omdurman Bridge in 1926.) [ 33 ] In Khartoum North, a large prison , today called Kobar prison and still in use, was established ...
Map of transportation in Sudan (1991). Transport in Sudan during the early 1990s included an extensive railroad system that served the more important populated areas except in the far south, a meager road network (very little of which consisted of all-weather roads), a natural inland waterway—the Nile River and its tributaries—and a national airline that provided both international and ...
Kober Bridge (Arabic: كوبرى كوبر, Kubri Kūbir) is a bridge for road traffic that links the neighbourhood of al-Riadh in Khartoum with Kafouri in the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile in central Sudan.