El Mek Nimr Bridge

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El Mek Nimr Bridge
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El Mek Nimr Bridge in Khartoum
Coordinates 15°36′50″N32°31′51″E / 15.613758°N 32.530903°E / 15.613758; 32.530903
Crosses Blue Nile
Locale Khartoum
Characteristics
Total length642.5 m
History
Construction start2005
Construction end2007

The El Mek Nimr Bridge is a bridge that links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan, with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river. [1] It opened in 2007, and was named after Mek Nimr, a leader of the Ja'alin tribe in northern Sudan, who infamously killed the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ismail, and his cortege when they invaded Sudan from Egypt in 1822.

References

  1. "Sudan blocks bridges to Khartoum ahead of protests". Middle East Monitor. 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-01.

15°36′50.0″N32°31′58.7″E / 15.613889°N 32.532972°E / 15.613889; 32.532972