Directed by Mr President for citizens’ good .. Memish & Governor of Suez witness the expermental opening of Shabrawy bridge

Ashraf Abo Arafe

* Opening of the Sahaba mosque and pension housing for workers ..

President of the General Authority for Economic Affairs of the Suez Canal Region, Major General Mohab Mamish, Abdul-Majid Saqr Governor of Suez Canal Authority and Mr. Osama Rabea, Vice President of the Suez Canal Authority witnessed opening expermentaly on the morning of Monday of Ahmed Omar Shubray floating crane in the Suez area, in preparation for its opening in the near future. This happened in the presence of a number of Board members of Suez.

In this regard, Mamish stressed that the Egyptian state pays great attention to the development of the canal and Sinai and works to connect the two sides of the canal and facilitate the movement of citizens, parallel to the project tunnels under Suez Canal which prompted the Suez Canal Authority to create a series of floating bridges along the canal to work side by side.

The Chairman also praised the efforts of the employees of the Authority’s arsenals and companies’ honorable men who spare no effort in the country’s uplift and serve the nation. The construction of the floating bridge in Suez was implement Ed at a standard time with 100% Egyptian hands.

For his part, Major General Abdul-Majid Saqr, Governor of Suez, and the people of Suez expressed his happiness with the floating bridge which will greatly facilitate the movement of transport between the two sides of the canal in order to advance the development in Suez, thanking the team for the great developmental role of the Canal Authority Suez Canal.

The new bridge is located at 7.147 km. The length of the bridge is 227 meters, the surface width is 15 meters, the water supply is 25 meters, and the bridge allows the passenger and middle transport traffic to pass in two directions. The heavy transport is transported in one direction with a maximum load of 70 tons.

The bridge consists of three floating penthouses of 75 m in length and is designed according to the international standard specifications that guarantee the safety and safety elements of the navigator, so that the process of controlling the bridge does not take more than 5 minutes.

The bridge for crossing vehicles is automatically carried out by 3 propellers and 3 self-propelled spacers in a period that ensures the operation is the experience of loading the bridge with a convoy of cars and vehicles of different sizes.

All navigational and ground elements of the bridge, roads and entrances leading to it were verified. The implementation of the bridge according to the standards of engineering and technical complex to overcome the problem of the large difference in water level in the area of ​​the Shat, known for strong water flow and a significant difference in water level up to 5.1 meters depending on the tides in that area, which highlights the efficiency and skill of engineers and designers of the body of the bridge.

It is noteworthy that the floating bridge design was assigned to the shipyard of Port Said, whereby it obtained the approval of the French Supervisory Authority (Biroveritas) for the engineering drawings. The efforts of the Commission’s arsenals, represented by the Port Said Shipyard and Portofique consortia, were also combined with a number of companies of the end of the benton manufacturing the vessel was formed at the time of Qusay, the Canal Construction Company and the Engineering Works Company of Alexandria. The Port Said Shipyard then took over the duties of assembling the bentons and installing the equipment on the bridge. The role of the Engineering Department in the Authority Supervised the implementation of the concrete anchors and the entrances and exits of the bridge, which was implemented by Suez Canal Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Authority.

The team headed by Mamish, Major General Abdel-Majid Saqr, Mr Osama Rabia, the leaders of the Authority and the Governorate of Suez to open and inspect new residential buildings within the housing projects of the pensioners of the Authority, including the opening of the Sahaba mosque and 8 residential buildings with a total number of units of 64 units, followed by inspecting 9 other residential buildings for the employees of the Commission with a total of 270 housing units, supervised by the Engineering Authority of the Armed Forces and expected to be completed through next year.