Qasr El Nil Bridge

Qasr El Nil Asr El Nil
View of the Qasr El Nil Bridge, with Gezira/Zamalek Island in the background
Coordinates	30°02′37″N 31°13′46″E / 30.043747°N 31.229464°E / 30.043747; 31.229464
Carries	Tahrir Street[1]
Crosses	Nile River
Characteristics
Design	swing bridge, arch[1]
Material	Steel[1]
Total length	1 932 m[1]
No. of spans	7
History
Designer	Ralph Anthony Freeman[1]
Engineering design by	Dorman, Long and Co. Ltd.[1]
Construction start	1931[1]
Construction end	1933[1]
Construction cost	E£308,000
Opened	June 6, 1933
Replaces	El Gezira Bridge (1872)[1]
Location

The Qasr el Nil Bridge (originally named Khedive Ismail Bridge, Egyptian Arabic: Asr el Nil Bridge), is a historic swing bridge structure dating from 1931 which replaced the first bridge to span the Nile River in central Cairo, Egypt.^[2] It connects Tahrir Square in Downtown Cairo on the east bank of the river, to the southern end of Gezira/Zamalek Island. At the bridge's east and west approaches are four large bronze lion statues; they are late 19th-century works by Henri Alfred Jacquemart, French sculptor and animalier.