Bridge Name: | Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge |
Locale: | Sudan |
Carries: | Road and railway |
Crosses: | Blue Nile |
Open: | 1909 |
Design: | Bascule bridge |
Length: | 560 m |
Coordinates: | 15.6158°N 32.5439°W |
Builder: | Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company |
The Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge is a bascule bridge in Sudan, which links the capital Khartoum to the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile.
Built between 1907 and 1909 by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company[1] from a design by engineer Georges Imbault, it is one of the oldest bridges in Khartoum and Sudan.[2]