El Ferdan Swing Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Swing bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
Railroad (railway) bridge |
| Completed in: | 2001 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Ismailia, Egypt, Africa |
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| Crosses |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces |
El Ferdan Bridge (1963)
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| Coordinates: | 30° 39' 25.00" N 32° 20' 2.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 60 m | |
| total length | 640 m | |
| span lengths | 150 m - 340 m - 150 m |
Materials
| deck |
steel
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|---|---|
| truss |
steel
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Chronology
| 14 November 2001 | Inaugurated by President Mubarak. |
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Participants
Design
Technical advisor to the client
Structural engineering
Co-contractor
- BESIX (substructure)
- Krupp Stahlbau Hannover (superstructure)
Bearing installation
Specialist consultant
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- Die El-Ferdan-Brücke, in "Stahlbau", April 2001, n. 4 v. 70
- El Ferdan Bridge, Egypt: the world's longest swing bridge, in "Bridge Engineering", March 2003, n. 1 v. 156
- Swing bridge over Suez Canal at El Ferdan, presented at Foundations for major bridges, IABSE Colloquium, New Delhi, India 1999.
- Drehbrücke über den Suez-Kanal bei El Ferdan - Maschinenbau, Antriebs- und Steuerungsbetrieb, in "Stahlbau", May 1999, n. 5 v. 68
- Mehrkörper-Simulation im Brücken- und Stahlwasserbau, in "Stahlbau", December 2001, n. 12 v. 70
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002510 |
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| Created: | 13/12/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |