Salah Bey Viaduct

Salah Bey Viaduct
Coordinates	36°21′26″N 06°36′51″E / 36.35722°N 6.61417°E / 36.35722; 6.61417
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; 14 years ago (2010-09-15)[1]
Construction cost	bb
Opened	26 July 2014 @ 09:00 hrs[1]
Inaugurated	16 April 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04-16)[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.