6th October Bridge
6th of October Bridge كوبري 6 أكتوبر | |
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| Construction start | 1969 |
| Construction end | 1996 |
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The 6th of October Bridge (
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.
History
The
The building of the 6th October Bridge and causeway has been declared a national infrastructure project.
In April 2021, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi gave the order to expand and upgrade the bridge, as well as the roads underneath it.[3]
Route
The 6th of October starts at an intersection with the Ministry of Agriculture Street which then travel east, meeting the western Corniche before crossing the Nile. It then passes through El Gezira island. After crossing the Nile the second time comes a large intersection at Abdel Minaam Riyadh Square, connecting the eastern Corniche and Ramses Street, after which will it goes to Ramses Square in a straight path. Then, the bridge continues paralleling Ramses Street as well as train tracks that belong to a railway and metro system, which, near Ghamra metro station, the bridge is supported with suspension bridge-like towers. It later continue until it reaches El Demerdash metro station which at this point, goes south. It then intersects with Salah Salem road, and finally merged with the Emtedad Ramses causeway near El Nasr Autostrade that directs to New Cairo.
Public use
The 6th October Bridge has been called the 'spinal cord' of Cairo, with approximately half a million Cairene people using it on a daily basis.[4] Due to its role as Cairo's central East–West automobile and truck route, the bridge and causeway is nearly always crowded with traffic, with the trip from one end to another taking up to 45 minutes.
Egyptian Revolution of 2011
During the
Gallery
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The 6th October Bridge, withGezira Island in the foreground, the Nile, and Downtown Cairoin the background -
The 6th October Bridge, ramps, and Nile; with Downtown Cairo and Egyptian Museum (on left), in view north from Ramses Hilton -
6th October Bridge at night -
democracy demonstrationclashes at 6th October Bridge and ramps (on 28 January 2011)
References
- ^ "6th of October Bridge". Structurae. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Sixth of October Bridge". ACE Consulting Engineers (Moharram - Bakhoum). Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
- ^ "Egyptian president orders upgrading, widening Cairo's longest bridge". Al Ahram. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Mapping Egypt's 'day of wrath'". Al Jazeera English. 28 January 2011. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ Knell, Yolande (3 February 2011). "Egypt unrest: The struggle for Tahrir Square". BBC News. Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
External links
- Al-Ahram Weekly | "The final bridge" - history Archived 20 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Structurae [en]: 6th of October Bridge (1996)