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.
- The early history of this bridge is unclear. Some sources claim it was "designed" in the late 1870s. Others imply it was present when the Giza Zoo opened in 1891. Some sources claim it was built by Eiffel prior to the Eiffel Tower (1887-1889). A Cairo Times article (June 12, 1997) by Samir Raafat describes it as a "light suspension bridge built by Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel and brought to Cairo when [Khedive] Ismail visited the Paris Exhibition" which possibly dates it to the 1889 Paris Exposition (aligning somewhat with the 1891 zoo opening) or perhaps the 1900 Paris Exposition. The related postcard image may show the same bridge at the 1900 exposition.
External Links:
- Flickr - Gustave Eiffel's suspended bridge in Giza Zoo in 1911. An image apparently showing a load test of the bridge on June 15, 1911.
- Structurae - Structure ID 20005881
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