Connections Between The Shores
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From north to south, the connections are:
- The Suez Canal Bridge (30°49′42″N 32°19′03″E / 30.828248°N 32.317572°E / 30.828248; 32.317572 (Suez Canal Bridge)), also called the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge, is a high-level road bridge at El Qantara. In Arabic, al qantara means "the bridge". It has a 70-metre (230 ft) clearance over the canal and was built with assistance from the Japanese government and by PentaOcean Construction.
- El Ferdan Railway Bridge (30°39′25″N 32°20′02″E / 30.657°N 32.334°E / 30.657; 32.334 (El Ferdan Railway Bridge)) 20 km (12 mi) north of Ismailia (30°35′N 32°16′E / 30.583°N 32.267°E / 30.583; 32.267 (Ismailia)) was completed in 2001 and is the longest swing span bridge in the world, with a span of 340 m (1100 ft). The previous bridge was destroyed in 1967 during the Arab-Israeli conflict.
- Pipelines taking fresh water under the canal to Sinai, about 57 km (35 mi) north of Suez, at 30°27.3′N 32°21.0′E / 30.455°N 32.35°E / 30.455; 32.35 (Fresh-water pipelines).
- Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel (30°5′9″N 32°34′32″E / 30.08583°N 32.57556°E / 30.08583; 32.57556 (Ahmed Hamdi Tunnel)) south of the Great Bitter Lake (30°20′N 32°23′E / 30.333°N 32.383°E / 30.333; 32.383 (Great Bitter Lake)) was built in 1983. Because of leakage problems, a new water-tight tunnel was built inside the old one, from 1992 to 1995.
- The Suez Canal overhead line crossing (29°59′46″N 32°34′59″E / 29.996°N 32.583°E / 29.996; 32.583 (Suez Canal overhead line crossing)) powerline was built in 1999.
A railway on the west bank runs parallel to the canal for its entire length.
Read more about this topic: Suez Canal
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