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Structure-ID: s0004674
Created on: 08/26/02
Modified on: 02/16/04


Aswan Bridge

Location: Aswan, Egypt
Crosses: Nile
Aswan Bridge
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Structural Type:
Cable-stayed bridge
semi-fan arrangement
Function / usage:
Road bridge

Firms, offices, etc. involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
Owner General Authority for Roads, Bridges & Transport
Design Arab Consulting Engineers
Structural engineering EEG Simecsol superstructure
Contractor General Nile Company for Roads & Bridges
Stay cables Freyssinet International
Prestressing Freyssinet International

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
deck  prestressed concrete
Dimensions
  main span 250 m
  total length 977 m
  clearance 13 m
  span lengths of main bridge 49 m - 250 m - 76 m
  thickness of bottom flange 20 cm
  number of lanes 2 x 2
deck   deck depth 3.30 m
  deck width 24.50 m
  deck slab thickness 22 cm

Relevant Literature
* Freyssinet cable-stayed structures, Freyssinet International, Vélizy-Villacoublay (France) , 2004; pp. 55.
* Le pont d'Assouan, in "Freyssinet Magazine", May - August 2002, n. 214 .

 
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