Title:
2021 Award of Excellence: Rod El-Farag Cable-Stayed Bridge (Tahya Masr) Over the River Nile
Author(s):
Publication:
PTI Journal, V17-N1
Volume:
Issue:
Appears on pages(s):
pp. 36-40
Keywords:
2021; Award; Excellence; Rod-El-Farag; Cable-Stable; Bridge; River; Nile
DOI:
Date:
6/1/2021
Abstract:
The Rod El-Farag cable-stayed bridge is a Guinness
World Record holder as the widest cable-stayed bridge
in the world (May 2019) (Fig. 1). The bridge has a total
width of 220 ft (67 m) at midspan, housing six lanes of
traffic per direction. The bridge width reaches 276 ft (84 m)
at the eastern entrance. Construction of the bridge was
completed in 32 months after the start of construction. The
cable-stayed bridge consists of double H-shaped pylons
(Fig. 2), each extending 250 ft (76 m) above the deck,
300 ft (92 m) above water level (three columns per pylon).
The total length of the bridge is 1770 ft (540 m), with a
980 ft (300 m) main span. The stay cables have a semi-
fan arrangement and carry the deck in four planes. There
is a total of 160 stay cables of sizes ranging from 55 to
127 strands, with nearly 1700 tons (1600 metric tons)
PT strand.