El Ferdan Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Swing bridge
Truss bridge |
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| Completed in: | 1963 |
| Status: | destroyed (1967) |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Ismailia, Egypt, Africa |
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| Crossed |
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| Part of: | |
| Replaces |
El Ferdan Bridge (1954)
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| Replaced by |
El Ferdan Swing Bridge (2001)
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 167.50 m | |
| total length | 317.40 m | |
| span lengths | 74.95 m - 167.50 m - 74.95 m | |
| truss | depth | max. 24.000 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Participants
Contractor
Subcontractor
Steel supplier
Relevant Web Sites
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Relevant Publications
- El Ferdan Bridge, Egypt: the world's longest swing bridge, in "Bridge Engineering", March 2003, n. 1 v. 156
- Die neue Drehbrücke über den Suez-Kanal bei El Ferdan/Ägypten, in "Stahlbau", October 1965, n. 10 v. 34
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0010806 |
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| Created: | 01/12/2003 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |