Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge | |
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| 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 |
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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.
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]
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