Abdoun Bridge

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|bridge_name=Kamal Shair Bridge

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|official_name=Wadi Abdoun Bridge

|other_name=Abdoun Bridge

|carries=Two wide lanes of car traffic{{cite web|url=http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0004819|title=Structurae (en): Wadi Abdoun Bridge (2006)|year=2008|last=Janberg|first=Nicolas|accessdate=2008-04-18}}

|crosses=Wadi Abdoun

|locale=Amman, Jordan

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|design=cable-stayed suspension

|mainspan={{convert|134|m|0}}

|length={{convert|417|m|0}}{{cite web|title=Spanning the Future |last=Taylor |first=Eddie |url=http://www.rj.com/pdf/royal_wings/2006-1112/14-15_RW_NOVDEC06.pdf |date=November 2006 |accessdate=2008-04-18 |publisher=Royal Jordanian |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081122234015/http://www.rj.com/pdf/royal_wings/2006-1112/14-15_RW_NOVDEC06.pdf |archivedate=November 22, 2008 }}

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|begin=14 December 2002

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|open=14 December 2006

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| architect = Dar Al-Handasah{{cite web|url=https://www.jordannews.jo/Section-123/Property/Abdoun-Bridge-a-blend-of-utility-and-style-8952|title=Abdoun Bridge a blend of utility and style|last=AbuNada|first=Roaa|date=25 October 2021|work=Jordan News}}

| designer = Seshadri Srinivasan

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| builder = L&T

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Wadi Abdoun Bridge or the Kamal Al-Shair Bridge is a bridge in Amman, Jordan. The only cable-stayed bridge in the country, crosses the Wadi Abdoun. The building of the bridge commenced on 14 December 2002, and it was opened on 14 December 2006 and was built by Larsen & Toubro Limited, an Indian multinational company. It is part of Amman's Beltway project and links South Amman to the 4th Circle and Zahran Street. Since it was opened it has witnessed over 400 cases of attempted suicide.{{cite web |url=http://www.ammancity.gov.jo/english/project/p5.asp |title=Abdoun Bridge |accessdate=April 18, 2008 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222060517/http://www.ammancity.gov.jo/english/project/p5.asp |archivedate=2008-02-22 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://royanews.tv/news/299794?1683793937

|title=أرسلت رسالة لعمها قبل إنهاء حياتها عن جسر عبدون - تفاصيل مؤلمة|language=ar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511210748/https://royanews.tv/news/299794?1683793937|archive-date=2023-05-11|website=royanews.tv|url-status=live|access-date=2025-01-17}}

Design

The bridge has three Y-shaped towers to make two equal main spans of 134 meters in length. The bridge deck is shaped like an S-curve to aid in connecting to the adjoining roadways and the stays form a harp arrangement.{{cite journal| last=Srinivasan| first=Gopal| date=December 2007| title=Design for Construction, Economy and Elegance in Concrete Bridges| journal=Structural Concrete (Fib-news)| volume=8| issue=4| pages=213–217| publisher=International Federation for Structural Concrete| doi=10.1680/stco.2007.8.4.213| issn=1464-4177| url=http://fib.epfl.ch/journals/download/fib_news_dec07.pdf| accessdate=November 15, 2009| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308022737/http://fib.epfl.ch/journals/download/fib_news_dec07.pdf| archivedate=2010-03-08| url-status=dead}} The project was delayed by one year due to its technical complication and a few incidents during construction.
The structural designer, Dar Al-Handasah, won a commendation award in 2007 from the Institution of Structural Engineers for this bridge.{{Cite web |url=http://www.istructe.org/structuralawards/2007/category04/projects.asp |title=Awards for Transportation Structures 2007 |accessdate=November 15, 2009 |publisher=Institution of Structural Engineers |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071853/http://www.istructe.org/structuralawards/2007/category04/projects.asp |archivedate=2011-07-16 |url-status=dead }}

See also

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Category:Bridges in Jordan

Category:Buildings and structures in Amman

Category:Bridges completed in 2006

Category:2006 establishments in Jordan

Category:Cable-stayed bridges

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