Hassan Allam unit to construct Egypt’s first vertical-lift bridge
7 January 2022
Hassan Allam Roads and Bridges, a Hassan Allam subsidiary focusing on delivering national transport infrastructure projects, has been awarded by the General Authority for Roads and Bridges a new dual railway vertical-lift bridge.
The project will be Egypt’s first vertical-lift bridge, and will be located along the Nile Barrage area, crossing the Nile River in Damietta Branch. The bridge will connect the Qalyubiya and Menoufiya governorates, passing through Qalyub, Menouf, and Tanta.
The bridge spans across 1.35km, consisting of 16 onshore concrete panels, and three offshore structural steel panels over the navigation course. The main intermediate offshore panel will form the movable part of the bridge using the hydraulic vertical lifting mechanism. The onshore concrete part consists of 17 axes using the slab on piles system with a total length of 280m. The overall length of the offshore steel panels is 210m.
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