al-Mak-Nimr Bridge
Coordinates: 15 ° 36 ′ 50 ″ N , 32 ° 31 ′ 51 ″ E
al-Mak-Nimr Bridge | ||
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Official name | كوبرى المك نمر | |
use | Road traffic | |
Crossing of | Blue Nile | |
place | Khartoum , al-Chartum Bahri | |
construction | T-beam bridge in composite steel construction , cable-stayed bridge | |
overall length | 1165.5 m | |
width | 22 m | |
Longest span | 80 m | |
start of building | 2005 | |
completion | 2007 | |
planner | Yapı Merkezi | |
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The al-Mak-Nimr Bridge ( Arabic كوبرى المك نمر Kubri al-Mak Nimr ) is a road bridge near Khartoum in Sudan . The 1165.5 m long girder bridge has a superstructure in steel composite construction , the general in the 80-meter main span of stay cables is worn.
The bridge, built between 2005 and 2007, connects Karthum over the Blue Nile with al-Chartum Bahri and serves to relieve the already existing bridges over the Nile. The bridge is in the immediate vicinity of the Presidential Palace , at the intersection of Nile Street and al-Mak-Nimr Street. It offers space for two two-way lanes and two pedestrian areas each 1.5 meters wide. The main bridge has a length of 642.50 meters and a width of 22 meters, plus approach bridges with a total length of 523 meters.
The bridge was commissioned by the al-Chartum State Department of Public Works . The structural design was taken over by Schüßler-Plan Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH and the construction work by the Turkish company Yapı Merkezi.
Construction of the bridge was on 16 August 2005. First with was bored piles founded pillars executed, this work before the inundation be executed had. Then the superstructure, consisting of two steel solid wall girders , was constructed using the incremental launching method and pushed over the pillars from the north. A temporary steel pillar was erected in the main opening to prevent the overhanging bridge deck from sagging too much. Then the concrete slab was applied, which is connected to the steel part of the superstructure with headed dowels . Finally, the pylons with the cables were erected so that the al-Mak-Nimr bridge could be opened on October 29, 2007.
Web links and sources
- El Mek Nimir Bridge, Sudan - 2005. Yapi-Merkezi, accessed February 22, 2014 .
- Al Mak Nimr Bridge. In: Structurae