Blue Nile Road & Railway Bridge

Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge
Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge
Coordinates	15°36′57″N 32°32′38″E / 15.61583°N 32.54389°E
Carries	Road and railway
Crosses	Blue Nile
Locale	Sudan
Characteristics
Design	Bascule bridge
Total length	560 m
History
Constructed by	Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Opened	1909
Location

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

Built between 1907 and 1909 by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company^[1] from a design by engineer Georges Imbault, it is one of the oldest bridges in Khartoum and Sudan.^[2]

References

^ "A Sudan Bridge". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 27 April 1910, p. 8. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
^ Structurae database

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[1] "A Sudan Bridge". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 27 April 1910, p. 8. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

[2] Structurae database

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