El Mek Nimr Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 15°36′50″N 32°31′51″E / 15.613758°N 32.530903°E |
Crosses | Blue Nile |
Locale | Khartoum |
Characteristics | |
Total length | 642.5 m |
History | |
Construction start | 2005 |
Construction end | 2007 |
Opened in 2007, the El Mek Nimr Bridge links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan, with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river.[1] It is named after Mek Nimr, a leader of the Ja'alin tribe in northern Sudan, who was famously defeated against the Egyptians.