Talk:El Ferdan Railway Bridge

Question

Does someone have a picture how the bridge looks like when its used by a train?

Jasperwillem (talk) 06:07, 30 June 2014 (UTC)

Expansion of the canal

Is this map correct?

The canal was widened in 2014-2015. According to the map of the site of the canal, between the Suez Canal Bridge and Great Bitter Lake the canal was doubled. Was the old bridge transformed? Perhaps another bridge was built, or will be built; or perhaps there is only one lane at that place. I can't find information about that.--Io Herodotus (talk) 07:28, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

I met this same question. See the scheme Template:Suez Canal map used in at Suez Canal. I've added the new lane (being under construction, today). Yes the map here is quite good. Note that the Northern two-lane part is formed by the pre-existing Ballah by-pass (10 km?), and the new lane starts at the Southern end of this by-pass.

About the El Ferdan Railway Bridge: I too could not find whether it today is operational. Also there is the question on how the track crosses the new, Eastern waterway, if at all. Could not find any confirmation. Also the railway connection does not seem very heavily used (because Sinai has not much activity really). So in the scheme I show the bridge "non-functioning". -DePiep (talk) 09:38, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Note about the map here: the dual lanes continue into the Great Bitter Lake. The map shows it stopping earlier, which is incorrect. In the GBL, there are dual lanes too (here without dry centerline of course), so this adds to the dual lane length. Original maps are [1], scroll down. -DePiep (talk) 09:43, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

The map will be changed accordingly. Also, the dual lanes meet at the end of the Balla by-pass. On the "official" map mentionned above, there seems to be several by-passes between the lanes.--Io Herodotus (talk) 06:44, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

For this map here, you might consider: 1. do not let the dual lanes touch as if they merge (above GBL). 2. Better leve out those bypasses between the two lanes, they are not important and the scale is too large. 3. the dual shipping lanes might be shown continuing in the GBL. (as two separate darkblue lines). Is more consistent with the use of darkblue lines as the sailing route. -DePiep (talk) 08:10, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

On youtube I've tried to watch the opening of the "new" canal, I never saw that bridge.--Io Herodotus (talk) 21:47, 18 August 2015 (UTC)

If it were functining, the Egyptian propaganda machine would have mentioned it. -DePiep (talk) 23:08, 19 August 2015 (UTC)

Good thinking.--Io Herodotus (talk) 07:43, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

 Done--Io Herodotus (talk) 18:41, 24 August 2015 (UTC)

On Google Earth, I can see what seems to be a ferry on the new canal, perhaps waiting for the construction of a new bridge.--Io Herodotus (talk) 06:32, 25 June 2017 (UTC)

my english is poor

But I suspect that the words in >>><<< should be deleted

Initially, a plan was in place to construct a new railway tunnel in the Ismailia region (and another near Port Said) >>> is planned <<<<in order to reconnect the

Suppongoche (talk) 07:02, 12 March 2021 (UTC)