Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge

Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge
Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge
Coordinates	15°36′57″N32°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

Last updated April 20, 2025

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

This article about a bridge in Africa is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a building or structure in Sudan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

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

[2] Structurae database

[1]

[2]