El Mek Nimr Bridge

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El Mek Nimr Bridge
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El Mek Nimr Bridge in Khartoum
CrossesBlue Nile
LocaleKhartoum
Characteristics
Total length642.5 m
History
Construction start2005
Construction end2007

Opened in 2007, the El Mek Nimr Bridge links the downtown area of Khartoum, Sudan with the adjacent city of Khartoum North across the Blue Nile river. It is named after Mek Nimr, a leader of the Ja'alin tribe in northern Sudan, who infamously burned the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ismail, and his cortege when they invaded Sudan from Egypt in 1822.

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Coordinates: 15°36′50.0″N 32°31′58.7″E / 15.613889°N 32.532972°E / 15.613889; 32.532972