Goz Abu Goma Bridge

Goz Abu Goma Bridge
Goz Abu Goma Bridge in 1967
Coordinates	13°08′38″N32°43′40″E / 13.14389°N 32.72778°E / 13.14389; 32.72778
Carries	Railway
Crosses	White Nile
Locale	Sudan
Characteristics
Total length	536 m
History
Constructed by	Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Opened	1911
Location

The Goz Abu Goma Bridge is a railway bridge across the White Nile at Kosti, the former Goz Abu Goma. It is 50 miles south of Alays in Sudan.

The structure is on the railway line between Khartoum and Al-Ubayyid. ^[1]

There are nine main river openings with a total span of 536 metres long. ^[2]

The bridge was completed by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company in 1911. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. The Story of the Cape to Cairo Railway & River Route from 1887 to 1922. Vol. 2. 1923. p. 258.
2. Baltzer, Franz (1916). Die Kolonialbahnen Afrikas. Göschen´sche Verlagshandlung Berlin-Leipzig. p. 110. ISBN   9783826202339.
3. A Sudan Bridge
4. The Development of the Sudan. The Engineer. 19 March 2015. p. 271.