Imbaba Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge over the Nile, in Egypt}}

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The Imbaba Bridge is a railway bridge located in Cairo, Egypt across the Nile River, about {{convert|935|km|mi}} downstream from the Aswan Dam.{{cite CiteSeerX|last=Sadek|first=Nahla|title=Flood Effects on Local Scour at Imbaba Bridge|citeseerx = 10.1.1.302.5683 }} It is the only railway bridge across the Nile in Cairo. The current version was built between 1912 and 1924 by the Belgian firm Baume-Marpent.{{cite news|last=Ramadan|first=Ahmed|title=Streets of Cairo: The bridges over troubled water|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/streets-cairo-bridges-over-troubled-water|accessdate=9 March 2014|newspaper=Egypt Independent|date=12 November 2010}}

The first iteration was constructed in 1891 to let trains cross the Nile west to the Giza Train Station.{{cite book|title=Travel Cairo, Egypt|date=2007|publisher=MobileReference.com|location=Boston|isbn=978-1605010557|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50O9dQlwreYC&q=Imbaba+Bridge+history&pg=PT81}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|title=Old Imbaba Bridge, 1890|url=http://cairobserver.com/post/12492028959/old-imbaba-bridge-1890#.UxzjcOddVzs|work=Cairobserver|accessdate=9 March 2014}}