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El Ferdan Bridge - كوبري الفردان

Ismailia - الإسماعيلية‎‎ al-Ismāʻīlīyah, Egypt (Sinai)
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Bridges and Tunnels

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Status from 06/2017
 Free entry.
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Tel.:+20 2 25748279  eMail:support enr.gov.eg  
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N30.657037° E32.334373°N30°39.42222' E32°20.06238'N30°39'25.3332" E32°20'3.7428"
The El Ferdan Railway Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Suez Canal 20 km (12 mi) north of Ismailia.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The El Ferdan Railway Bridge is a swing bridge that spans the Suez Canal near Ismailia, Egypt. It is the longest swing bridge in the world, with a span of 1,100 feet (340 m).

History

The first El Ferdan Railway Bridge over the Suez Canal was completed in April 1918 for the Palestine Military Railway. It was considered a hindrance to shipping so after the First World War it was removed.[2] A steel swing bridge was built in 1942 (during the Second World War), but this was damaged by a steamship and removed in 1947. A double swing bridge was completed in 1954 but the 1956 Anglo-Franco-Israeli war with Egypt severed rail traffic across the canal for a third time. A replacement bridge was completed in 1963 which was destroyed in 1967 in the Six-Day War by the Egyptian engineering General Ahmed Hamdy. The current bridge was constructed in 2001.

The bridge today

The parallel New Suez Canal was dug in 2014/2015, and there is a need for another bridge there. Therefore El Ferdan bridge with the present situation, is obsolete.

 
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