Shahid Ahmed Omar Shabrawy Floating Bridge in Suez

1- The new bridge is located at kilometer 147.7, with a length of 227 meters and a width of 15 meters.
2 - The bridge consists of three floating pontoons, each with a length of 75 meters, and it is designed in accordance with international standards that ensure safety and security navigation.
3. The actual width of the bridge that touches water is 25 meters, allowing passenger cars and transport to pass in two directions.
4. Heavy trucks and vans loaded with oil and quarries cross in one direction with a maximum load of 70 tons.
5. The bridge links between the points of Maedyat Al-Shatt in Omar village on the West Bank of the Canal and Shatt Al-Arab in the center of the Sinai Peninsula in an area affiliated to Suez.
6. The process of controlling the opening and closing of the bridge runs automatically through 3 machines and 3 self-shifting transmission "propellers".
7. The process of opening and shutting the bridge for the transit of commercial ships across the Suez Canal takes a period not exceeding 5 minutes.
8. Due to the difference in the water level between Al-Shatt area, which is up to 1.5 meters on average and depending on the tidal conditions, building the bridge required the adoption of complicated engineering and technical standards to overcome this problem.
9- Port Tawfik Shipyard and Port Said Marine Shipyard built the 3 floating pontoons that form the body of the bridge in a record time. Port Said Shipyard was assigned with collecting them and installing the equipment on the bridge.
10. The bridge bears the name of Shahid Ahmed Omar Shabrawy, who was martyred in Rafah in northern Sinai.