6th October Bridge

6th of October Bridge

كوبري 6 أكتوبر
A view of a small section of the 6th October Bridge near Ramses station and Egyptian Museum, crossing Nile River to Gezira Island with Cairo Tower in background.
Coordinates30°02′57″N 31°13′45″E / 30.0492°N 31.2292°E / 30.0492; 31.2292
LocaleCairo, Egypt
Official nameكوبري السادس من أكتوبر
Other name(s)October Bridge
OwnerEgyptian state
Maintained byGeneral Authority For Roads, Bridges & Land Transport
Characteristics
DesignConcrete Girder Bridge
Total length20.5 km (12.7 mi)
History
DesignerACE Moharram Bakhoum
Engineering design byACE Moharram Bakhoum
Fritsch- Chiari & Partner ZT GmbH
Constructed byArab Contractors
Construction start1969
Construction end1996
Location
Map
References
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The 6th of October Bridge (Arabic: كوبري 6 أكتوبر Kubri 6 [Sadis] Uktubar) is an elevated highway in Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. The 20.5-kilometre (12.7 mi) bridge and causeway crosses the Nile twice from the western bank suburbs, east through Gezira Island to Downtown Cairo, and on to connect the city to other highways that lead to the Cairo International Airport to the east.

Its name commemorates the date of Operation Badr in 1973, when the Egyptian military crossed the Suez Canal and attacked the Israeli military's Bar Lev Line, sparking the Yom Kippur War.

  1. ^ "6th of October Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Sixth of October Bridge". ACE Consulting Engineers (Moharram - Bakhoum). Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2014.