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Goz Abu Goma Bridge

Coordinates: 13°08′38″N 32°43′40″E / 13.14389°N 32.72778°E / 13.14389; 32.72778
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Goz Abu Goma Bridge
Goz Abu Goma Bridge in 1967
Coordinates13°08′38″N 32°43′40″E / 13.14389°N 32.72778°E / 13.14389; 32.72778
CarriesRailway
CrossesWhite Nile
LocaleSudan
Characteristics
Total length536 m
History
Constructed byCleveland Bridge & Engineering Company
Opened1911
Location
Map

The Goz Abu Goma Bridge is a railway bridge across the White Nile at Kosti, the former Goz Abu Goma, 50 miles south of Alays, in Sudan. It is a structure on the railway line between Khartoum and Al-Ubayyid.

History

The bridge, which has nine main river openings and is about 536 metres long,[1] was completed by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company in 1911.[2]

References

  1. ^ Baltzer, Franz (1916). "Die Kolonialbahnen Afrikas". Göschen´sche Verlagshandlung Berlin-Leipzig. p. 110. ASIN B002BYSB9K.
  2. ^ A Sudan Bridge