El Mek Nimr Bridge
El Mek Nimr Bridge | |
|---|---|
 El Mek Nimr Bridge in Khartoum | |
| Coordinates | 15°36′50″N 32°31′51″E / 15.613758°N 32.530903°E |
| Crosses | Blue Nile |
| Locale | Khartoum |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 642.5 m |
| History | |
| Construction start | 2005 |
| Construction end | 2007 |
The El Mek Nimr Bridge is a bridge that links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan, with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river.[1] It opened in 2007, and was named after Mek Nimr, a leader of the Ja'alin tribe in northern Sudan, who infamously killed the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ismail, and his cortege when they invaded Sudan from Egypt in 1822.
References
- ^ "Sudan blocks bridges to Khartoum ahead of protests". Middle East Monitor. 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to El Mek Nimir Bridge.
- Structurae: El Mek Nimr Bridge
- Sudan Online (archived) - Sudan Online
15°36′50.0″N 32°31′58.7″E / 15.613889°N 32.532972°E