Suspension Bridges of Egypt

This is a list of the only bridge from the suspension bridge inventory for the country Egypt. Wherever you see a Bridgemeister ID number click it to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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Eiffel

Giza, Egypt
Bridgemeister ID:1001 (added 2003-11-17)
Name:Eiffel
Location:Giza, Egypt
At or Near Feature:Giza Zoo
Coordinates:30.023836 N 31.214587 E
Maps:Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap
Principals:Gustave Eiffel
Use:Footbridge
Status:Closed, 1990s (last checked: 2020)
Main Cables:Wire
Suspended Spans:1

Notes:

  • 2020: Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced a partnership between Egypt and France to restore the bridge.
  • A Cairo Times article (June 12, 1997) by Samir Raafat describes describes it as a "light suspension bridge built by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel and brought to Cairo when [Khedive] Ismail visited the Paris Exhibition" which dates it to around 1900.

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