Bridge sights in Africa
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Sidi M'Cid Bridge
The Sidi M'Cid Bridge is Constantine's iconic monument, its image defining the city. It is a 164m-long suspension bridge, opened to traffic in April 1912. The bridge links the casbah to the slopes of Sidi M'Cid hill. Views of town and the gorge 175m below you are stunning and, in spite of movement, the bridge is quite safe; in 2000 twelve of its cables were replaced.
Unfortunately, in recent years this bridge (and the others around town) have become popular for suicides, as it seems that the majority of Constantine's suicides are people jumping off the bridges.
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Mellah Slimane Bridge & Lift
Of all the dramatic bridges that cross the Oued Rhumel, none is as exciting to walk across as the Mellah Slimane Bridge, some 100m above the water. Stretching 125m long and a mere 2.5m wide, it joins the train station with the centre of the old town. Eight years in the making, it was opened in 1925 and is heavily used today, so much so that you will feel it swing and wobble as you cross the centrepoint. Steep steps lead up from the bridge to street level on the city side. A lift will save your legs.
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Sidi M'Cid Bridge
The Sidi M’Cid Bridge (also known as the Suspended Bridge) is Constantine’s iconic monument, its image defining the city. It is a 164m-long suspension bridge, opened to traffic in April 1912. The bridge links the casbah to the slopes of Sidi M’Cid hill. Views of town and the gorge 175m below you are stunning and, in spite of movement, the bridge is quite safe; 12 of its cables were replaced in 2000.
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Nelson Mandela Bridge
Looming over Newtown is the Nelson Mandela Bridge. Officially opened by Nelson Mandela on 20 July 2003 (two days after his 85th birthday), the 295m, cable-stayed bridge is the longest of its kind in Southern Africa. It isn't the most impressive structure in Jo'burg, but it is an enduring symbol of efforts to resurrect long-forgotten sections of the city and an ongoing source of pride.
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Asyut Barrage
A monument to Asyut's period of wealth is the Asyut barrage. Built over the Nile between 1898-1902 to regulate the flow of water into the Ibrahimiyya Canal and assure irrigation of the valley as far north as Beni Suef, it also serves as a bridge across the Nile. As the barrage still has strategic importance, photography is forbidden: keep your camera out of sight.
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Ministry of Education
Adjacent to the elegent Opera House, the Ministry of Education, with its massive stepped tower, is strikingly austere.
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Pont Faidherbe
Designed by Gustav Eiffel and originally built to cross the Danube, the Pont Faidherbe , linking the mainland and island, was transferred to Saint-Louis in 1897. The bridge is a grand piece of 19th-century engineering - 507m long with a middle section that once rotated to allow ships to steam up the Senegal River. In fact it can still open, as a bated-breath public saw when the bridge was parted to facilitate the return of the Bou el Mogdad in 2005.
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