Atbara Bridge
The Atbara Bridge ( English Atbara Rail and Road Bridge ) is a reinforced concrete - girder bridge for the railroad and car traffic in Sudan over the river Atbara .
The bridge is located south of the city of Atbara . It was built in 2004 by EVREN-Romania on behalf of the Sudan's National Road Authority with funds from the Islamic Development Bank .
It has a total length of 440 meters and is intended to relieve the old Atbara railway bridge from 1911, which is only 50 meters away.
Web links and sources
- EVREN-Romania to the bridge ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Photos of the bridge from 2004 ( Memento from June 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Coordinates: 17 ° 40 ′ 51.8 " N , 34 ° 0 ′ 11.4" E