Colonel William A. Phillips

The Blue Nile Road and Railway Bridge is a bascule bridge in Sudan, which links the capital Khartoum to the industrial city Khartoum North across the Blue Nile.

History

Built between 1907 and 1909 by Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Company[1] from a design by engineer Georges Imbault, it is one of the oldest bridges in Khartoum and Sudan.[2]

References

  1. ^ "A Sudan Bridge". The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser, 27 April 1910, p. 8. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
  2. ^ Structurae database