General Information
Project Type
| Structure: |
Three-span cable-stayed bridge |
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Plan view: |
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| Material: |
Steel-reinforced concrete composite bridge |
| Support conditions: |
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Location
Technical Information
Dimensions
| main span | 300 m | |
| total length | 540 m | |
| span lengths | 3 x 40 m - 300 m - 3 x 40 m | |
| number of lanes | 2 x 5 | |
| deck | deck width | 67.36 m |
| pylons | height | 92 m |
| number | 2 | |
| stay cables | cable length | 58 - 158 m |
| number | 4 x 4 x 10 = 160 |
Materials
| piers |
reinforced concrete
|
|---|---|
| deck of main span |
composite steel-reinforced concrete
|
| pylons |
reinforced concrete
|
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Rod El Farag Axis Bridge or simply Tahya Misr Bridge (Arabic: كوبري تحيا مصر) is a cable-stayed bridge over the Nile river located in the region of Rod El Farag crossing through Cairo, Egypt. It was built by the Arab Contractors. With a width of 67.3 meters, the bridge holds the Guinness World Record for the world's widest cable-stayed bridge.
Because of ist location, the bridge has become a major tourist attraction in Cairo, where visitors can cross the side pedestrian passageways which have panoramic views of the banks of the Nile and a glass flooring see-through walkway where visitors can walk over the Nile.
Construction
The bridge was built over the course of four years. 4,000 individuals including engineers, technicians and workers took part in the construction. It was completed in 2019 and inaugurated by President Sisi. According to Ihab Alphar, the chairman of the AFEA, the basic cost of the project reached 170 billion Egyptian pounds (9.94 billion U.S. dollars).
The Bridge is 540 meters long and has 6 lanes in both directions. Ist suspension towers are 92 meters high with 160 suspension cables.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Rod El Farag Axis Bridge" and modified on December 7, 2023 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (2021): Calculation and construction study for the Novel Twin-Deck Cable- Stayed Bridge with shared pylon. Presented at: IABSE Congress: Resilient technologies for sustainable infrastructure, Christchurch, New Zealand, 3-5 February 2021, pp. 343-349.
- (2021): Design and construction of the Tahya Misr cable-stayed bridge in Cairo, Egypt. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, v. 174, n. 2 (May 2021), pp. 79-88.
- (2023): Fire and Blast Protection for Multi-Strand Stay Cables of Rod El Farag Axis Bridge. In: Structural Engineering International, v. 33, n. 1 (February 2023), pp. 1-4.
- (2022): Planning, Design and Construction Aspects of Rod El Farag Cable-Stayed Bridge over River Nile, Cairo, Egypt. Presented at: IABSE Congress: Bridges and Structures: Connection, Integration and Harmonisation, Nanjing, People's Republic of China, 21-23 September 2022, pp. 2077.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20086934 - Published on:
14/09/2023 - Last updated on:
15/09/2023
