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Imbaba Bridge

Summary

The Imbaba Bridge is a railway bridge located in Cairo, Egypt across the Nile River, about 935 kilometres (581 mi) downstream from the Aswan Dam.[1] It is the only railway bridge across the Nile in Cairo.[2] The current version was built between 1912 and 1924 by the Belgian firm Baume-Marpent.[3] The first iteration was constructed in 1891 to let trains cross the Nile west to the Giza Train Station.[2][4]

The Imbaba Bridge over the Nile River in Cairo

References edit

  1. ^ Sadek, Nahla. "Flood Effects on Local Scour at Imbaba Bridge". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.302.5683.
  2. ^ a b Travel Cairo, Egypt. Boston: MobileReference.com. 2007. ISBN 978-1605010557.
  3. ^ Ramadan, Ahmed (12 November 2010). "Streets of Cairo: The bridges over troubled water". Egypt Independent. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Old Imbaba Bridge, 1890". Cairobserver. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

30°04′30″N 31°13′32″E / 30.0751°N 31.2255°E / 30.0751; 31.2255