Salah Bey Viaduct | |
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Coordinates | 36°21′26″N 06°36′51″E / 36.35722°N 6.61417°E |
Crosses | Gorge valley of the Rhumel River |
Locale | Constantine, Algeria[1] |
Official name | جسر صالح باي |
Other name(s) | Viaduc Salah Bey |
Maintained by | Direction Des Travaux Publics de la wilaya de Constantine |
Characteristics | |
Design | Multiple-span cable-stayed viaduct bridge[1] |
Material | Concrete, steel |
Total length | 1,119 m (3,671 ft)[1] |
Width | 27.34 m (89.7 ft)[1] |
Height | 130 m (430 ft) (max pylon above ground)[1] |
Longest span | 245 m (804 ft)[1] |
No. of spans | 204 m (669 ft)[1] |
Piers in water | 80 m (260 ft)[1] |
Clearance below | 270 m (890 ft)[1] |
Design life | 120 years |
History | |
Designer | COWI A/S, Engineering; Dissing+Weitling, Architect and Design/Build consultant [1] |
Constructed by | Andrade Gutierrez[1] |
Construction start | 15 September 2010[1] |
Construction cost | bb |
Opened | 26 July 2014 @ 09:00 hrs[1] |
Inaugurated | 16 April 2014[1] |
Statistics | |
Toll | Free |
Location | |
The Salah Bey Viaduct (Arabic: جسر صالح باي), is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Rhumel River in Constantine, North East Algeria is named after Salah Bey whose rule of the city (1771-1797) was marked by major urban works, This viaduct is already considered the "eighth wonder" of the city with seven bridges. With a length of 1119m, the viaduct has a futuristic design, which modernized the urban configuration of the city.