Suez Canal Bridge
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The Suez Canal Bridge, also known as the Mubarak Peace Bridge or the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge, is a road bridge crossing the Suez Canal at El Qantara. The Arabic al qantara means "the bridge". It has a 70 meter clearance over the canal and was built with assistance from the Japanese government.
The Japanese grant, accounting for 60% of the construction cost (or 13.5 billion yen), was agreed to during the visit of President Mubarak to Japan in March 1995, as part of a larger project to develop the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt bore the remaining 40% (9 billion yen). The bridge opened in October, 2001.
The bridge is 9 km long, including 5 km of approaching roads and a 4 km cable stayed bridge. The height of the two main pylons supporting the main span is 154 m each. The towers were designed in the shape of Pharaonic obelisks.
[edit] Significant developments in the region
The Suez Canal Bridge, is part of a major drive to develop the areas surrounding the Suez Canal, such as the Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel under the Suez Canal, completed in 1983, the El Ferdan Railway Bridge and the Suez Canal overhead line crossing.
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