Construction of Kalabsha Axis Over the River Nile, Aswan

Kalabsha Axis is located 15 kms north the city of Kom Ombo, between Aswan Cable-Stayed Bridge and Edfu Bridge. The axis covers 6 villages: Fares, Fatira and Al-Silsilah villages (under Kom Ombo City) and Dihmit, Daboud and Al-Umbarkab villages (under Markaz Nasr Al-Nuba).

The axis is 23 kms long with two traffic lanes per direction; it includes 9 overpasses divided into 4 main overpasses (an overpass over the Western Desert Road, an overpass over the Western Agricultural Road, an overpass over the River Nile, an overpass over the Eastern Agricultural Road), and 5 tunnels to resolve the intersections with secondary roads, water canals and drains.

The axis targets the reduction of traffic gridlocks in different cities and villages across the governorate. It also helps resolving the intersections with the secondary roads, water canals and drains. One of its main targets is to create new urban communities on both banks of the Nile, increase tourist traffic across the cities of Aswan, Kom Ombo and Edfu and connecting the Western Desert Road with the Eastern Agricultural Road.