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New Suez Canal Bridge, Egypt

Built for peace

New Suez Canal Bridge links the Sinai to the Egyptian mainland

Planned in 1995 by the Japanese government as an international aid project symbolizing peace in the Middle East, the new bridge crosses the Suez Canal near the town of Quantara .

The main bridge is cable stayed with two pylons and a steel superstructure.
It has a span length of more than 400 m and the total length of the approach bridges is approximately 3,500 m.
The approach spans with a maximum grade of 3.3 % rise to an elevation of approximately 68 m resulting in a 70 m maximum clearance for tall ships to pass.

DSI supplied and installed more than 2/3 of the strand post-tensioning materials for Egypt's longest bridge.

Owner General Authority for Roads, Bridges and Land Transport; Ministry of Transport; The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt +++ Main Contractor Kajima-NKK-Nippon Steel Consortium +++ Engineering ACE-Arab Consulting Engineers and PCI-Pacific Consultant International/CHODAI +++ Design Pacific Consultant International and Chodai Co.,Ltd. associated with ACE +++ Consulting Engineer Eng. Narikazu Onuma Representing ACE-PCI/CHODAI +++ Subcontractor MISR DYWIDAG DSI Services Supply and installation of DYWIDAG Strand Post-Tensioning materials.