El Mek Nimr Bridge

El Mek Nimr Bridge
El Mek Nimr Bridge in Khartoum
Coordinates15°36′50″N 32°31′51″E / 15.613758°N 32.530903°E / 15.613758; 32.530903
CrossesBlue Nile
LocaleKhartoum
Characteristics
Total length642.5 m
History
Construction start2005
Construction end2007

The El Mek Nimr Bridge is a bridge that links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan, with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river.[1] It opened in 2007, and was named after Mek Nimr, a leader of the Ja'alin tribe in northern Sudan, who infamously killed the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ismail, and his cortege when they invaded Sudan from Egypt in 1822.

References

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  1. ^ "Sudan blocks bridges to Khartoum ahead of protests". Middle East Monitor. 2022-04-06. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
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15°36′50.0″N 32°31′58.7″E / 15.613889°N 32.532972°E / 15.613889; 32.532972