Imbaba Bridge
The Imbaba Bridge in Cairo
The Imbaba Bridge is a major railway bridge located in Cairo, Egypt across the Nile River. It is located about 935 kilometers downstream from Aswan Dam.[1] Imbaba Bridge is currently the only railway bridge across the Nile in Cairo.[2] The current version of the bridge was built between 1912 and 1924 by the Belgian firm .[3] The first iteration of the bridge was constructed in 1891 and was designed to allow railways to cross the Nile River west towards the Giza Train Station.[2][4]
References[]
- ^ Sadek, Nahla. "Flood Effects on Local Scour at Imbaba Bridge". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.302.5683. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ a b Travel Cairo, Egypt. Boston: MobileReference.com. 2007. ISBN 978-1605010557.
- ^ Ramadan, Ahmed (12 November 2010). "Streets of Cairo: The bridges over troubled water". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
- ^ "Old Imbaba Bridge, 1890". Cairobserver. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
Coordinates: 30°04′30″N 31°13′32″E / 30.0751°N 31.2255°E
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